Bethel Virtual Academy
Spanaway · WA · Bethel School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Challenger High School → Pierce County Skills Center → CPSD Open Doors Program → General William H. Harrison Preparatory School → Acceleration Academy → Industrial Design Engineering and Arts → Bates Technical High School → Puyallup Open Doors/POD →At a glance
- 1 AP courses offered — Limited
- Gifted & talented program
- 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry
- AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Bethel Virtual Academy compares for families
What families should know about Bethel Virtual Academy.
- ▸ LocallyWA 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: Challenger High School, Pierce County Skills Center, CPSD Open Doors Program and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 29% of US high schools
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 · 2020-21Bottom 4% 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.
State assessment · WA Smarter Balanced · grade 10
SBAC grade 10 — met or exceeded standard
School year 2024-25. Levels 3 + 4 combined ("at or above grade level"). Cells suppressed by the state when sample is small.
Source: WA state DOE Smarter Balanced results. Levels 1–2 = below standard, 3 = met, 4 = exceeded. Headline = level 3 + level 4 combined.
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 Washington-Seattle Campus
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 $14,091/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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
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).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger High School Spanaway |
Public | 5.0 | 273 | +5.8% |
| Pierce County Skills Center Puyallup |
Public | 3.1 | 355 | — |
| CPSD Open Doors Program Lakewood |
Public | 10.4 | 276 | +32.1% |
| General William H. Harrison Preparatory School Lakewood |
Public | 11.0 | 307 | +0.0% |
| Acceleration Academy Spanaway |
Public | 5.7 | 450 | +60.1% |
| Industrial Design Engineering and Arts Tacoma |
Public | 10.2 | 392 | -1.8% |
| Bates Technical High School Tacoma |
Public | 13.8 | 343 | -15.3% |
| Puyallup Open Doors/POD Puyallup |
Public | 6.0 | 124 | +14.8% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantBethel Virtual Academy is a public high school in Spanaway, WA, enrolling 482 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 0% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 1 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 29% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
2 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 4% of U.S. high schools.
It has about 395 students per school counselor.
13% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Bethel Virtual Academy offer? Bethel Virtual Academy offers 1 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 29% of U.S. high schools (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
How many students attend Bethel Virtual Academy? Bethel Virtual Academy is a public high school in Spanaway, WA, enrolling 482 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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