Virtual Learning Academy Consortium
WATERFORD · MI · Oakland Schools · Public · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 24% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Virtual Learning Academy Consortium compares for families
What families should know about Virtual Learning Academy Consortium.
- ▸ LocallyMI 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: Pontiac Academy for Excellence, Waterford Durant High School, Flex High School of Pontiac and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 24% 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
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 Michigan-Ann Arbor
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 $13,138/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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -25.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 298 students:
≈ 231 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac Academy for Excellence PONTIAC |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 123 | -5.4% |
| Waterford Durant High School WATERFORD |
Public | 1.3 | 120 | -6.2% |
| Flex High School of Pontiac PONTIAC |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 104 | +67.7% |
| Harbor High School WHITE LAKE |
Public | 10.4 | 133 | -4.3% |
| Farmington Central High School FARMINGTN HLS |
Public | 9.8 | 126 | -14.3% |
| Oakland Early College FARMINGTON HILLS |
Public | 11.1 | 179 | +17.8% |
| Troy College and Career High School TROY |
Public | 12.5 | 181 | +21.5% |
| AGBU AlexMarie Manoogian School SOUTHFIELD |
Public · charter | 14.7 | 164 | +40.2% |