Onslow Virtual School
Jacksonville · NC · Onslow County Schools · Public · K-12 combined
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Neuse Charter School → Wayne Preparatory Academy → Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington → Isaac M Bear Early College High School → Sallie B Howard School → Arapahoe Charter School → Wayne School of Technical Arts → Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 72th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Onslow Virtual School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 24% nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Neuse Charter School, Wayne Preparatory Academy, Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
76th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2172th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $11,655/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 421 students:
≈ 44 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $11,307 per student in district revenue, the 44 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $497,508/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuse Charter School Smithfield |
Public · charter | 73.3 | 232 | -3.3% |
| Wayne Preparatory Academy Goldsboro |
Public · charter | 55.0 | 241 | +26.8% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington Wilmington |
Public · charter | 42.8 | 172 | +18.6% |
| Isaac M Bear Early College High School Wilmington |
Public | 43.9 | 260 | +13.0% |
| Sallie B Howard School Wilson |
Public · charter | 72.5 | 262 | +123.9% |
| Arapahoe Charter School Arapahoe |
Public · charter | 40.0 | 137 | +24.5% |
| Wayne School of Technical Arts Goldsboro |
Public | 51.0 | 133 | +101.5% |
| Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy Elizabethtown |
Public · charter | 67.0 | 126 | +68.0% |