Higley Virtual Academy is an alternative public virtual school serving grades K-12 in Gilbert, Arizona, with a relatively small student population of 124 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Higley Unified School District, which is ranked 75th out of 288 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Academically, Higley Virtual Academy outperforms the state average in proficiency rates for 11th grade English Language Arts (54% vs. 40%) and Mathematics (61% vs. 32%) in 2022-2023. However, the school underperforms the Higley Unified School District average in these same subjects and grade levels. In 5th and 8th grade science, the school outperforms both the district and state averages. Additionally, Higley Virtual Academy has a high 4-year graduation rate of 93.9% for the 2021-2022 school year, exceeding the district and state averages, and a lower dropout rate of 3.1% compared to the state average.
While Higley Virtual Academy appears to be a strong-performing virtual school, it has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 25.3 in 2022-2023, which may impact the quality of individualized instruction. Additionally, the school's racial makeup differs from the district and state, with a higher percentage of White and Asian students, and a lower percentage of free/reduced lunch recipients, suggesting the school may not be serving the most economically disadvantaged students in the area. Continued monitoring and efforts to address these areas could help the school better serve the diverse needs of its student population.
Higley Virtual Academy ranks 117th of 259 Arizona alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.
In the 2022-23 school year, 124 students attended Higley Virtual Academy.
Higley Unified School District
Students at Higley Virtual Academy are 65% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% American Indian.