State Specialty Schools II- Destination Career Academy of GA

The State Specialty Schools II- Destination Career Academy of GA district contains a single middle school, Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual), which serves grades 6-9. This virtual charter school has struggled academically, with significantly lower proficiency rates across all subject areas compared to the state averages.

Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual) is ranked 509 out of 588 Georgia middle schools and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates on the Milestones Assessment were just 20.9% in English Language Arts, 7.5% in Mathematics, 8.8% in Science, and 6.8% in Social Studies, all well below the state averages. The school's Algebra I proficiency rate was also much lower than the state average at 20.3% versus 44%.

With a high percentage of free/reduced-price lunch recipients at 57.33% and a student-teacher ratio of 27.7, which is higher than the typical recommended ratio, Destinations Career Academy of Georgia (Virtual) appears to face significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students. As a virtual charter school, further investigation is needed to understand the factors contributing to the school's poor academic outcomes and determine what interventions may be necessary to improve student performance.