Tennessee Virtual Academy

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Tennessee Virtual Academy | native_name = | latin_name = | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | seal_image = | seal_size = | seal_alt = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | motto =  | motto_translation = | address = | location = | region = | city =  | state = | province = | county = | postal_code =  | zipcode = | country = | country1 = | coordinates =  | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_image = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | other_name = | former_name = | schooltype = | fundingtype = | type = | religious_affiliation = | denomination = | patron = | established =  | founded = | opened = | founder =  | status = | closed = | locale = | sister_school = | school_board = | district = | us_nces_district_id = | local_authority = | educational_authority =  | category =  | oversight =  | authorizer = | superintendent = | trustee = | specialist =  | session = | school_number = | school_code = | MOE = | ofsted = | ceeb = | us_nces_school_id = 470429002280 | president = | chair =  | chairman =  | chairperson =  | dean = | administrator = | rector = | director = | principal =  | campus_director = | headmistress = | headmaster = | head_of_school = | head_teacher = | executive_headteacher = | acting_headteacher = | head =  | officer_in_charge = | chaplain = | staff = | faculty = 36.5 | teaching_staff = | employees = | key_people = | grades = K-8 | years = | years_taught =  | gender =  | age_range =  | lower_age =  | upper_age =  | enrollment = 634 | enrollment_as_of = 2016<ref name="nces180206">{{cite web|title=Public School Search|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&InstName=tennessee+Virtual+Academy&State=47&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=470429002280|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=6 February 2018}}</ref> | sixth_form_students = | grade_preK = | gradeK = | grade1 = | grade2 = | grade3 = | grade4 = | grade5 = | grade6 = | grade7 = | grade8 = | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | grade13 = | other =  | other_grade_label_1 = | other_grade_enrollment_1 = | other_grade_label_2 = | other_grade_enrollment_2 = | international_students = | classes = | avg_class_size = | ratio = | system = | classes_offered = | language = | schedule_type = | schedule = | hours_in_day = | classrooms = | campuses = | campus = | campus_size = | area = | campus_type = virtual | houses = | student_union =  | colors =  | slogan = | song = | fight_song = | athletics = | athletic_conference = | sports = | mascot = | mascot_image = | nickname = | teams =  | team_name = | rival =  | accreditation =  | USNWR_ranking = | national_ranking = | test_name = | test_average = | SAT_year = | ACT_year = | decile = | publication = | newspaper = | yearbook = | products = | endowment = | budget = | fees = | annual_tuition = | tuition = | revenue = $14,097,629<ref name="tt160429"/> | communities = | feeder_schools = | feeder_to = | graduates = | graduates_year = | affiliation =  | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | information =  | website = {{URL|http://tnva.k12.com/}} | footnotes = | picture = | picture_caption = | picture2 = | picture_caption2 = }} '''Tennessee Virtual Academy''' is a virtual K-8 school sponsored by the Union County, Tennessee Public Schools and operated by for-profit education management organization Stride, Inc. It is one of nine virtual schools in the state. Tennessee Online Public School serves grades 9–12.

The performance of the school was the subject of debate in the Tennessee General Assembly, which voted in 2015 to shut the school down.<ref name="tt150421">{{cite news|last1=Balakit|first1=Malanie|title=Push fails to keep Tennessee Virtual Academy open|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2015/04/21/tennessee-virtual-academy-makes-final-push-stay-open/26136201/|accessdate=6 February 2018|publisher=The Tennessean|date=April 21, 2015}}</ref> The school remained open for the 2017-2018 school year,<ref name="jcp170630">{{cite news|last1=PAYKAMIAN|first1=BRANDON|title=Tennessee Virtual Learning Academy opens for enrollment|url=http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Education/2017/06/30/Tennessee-Virtual-Learning-Academy-opens-for-enrollment|accessdate=6 February 2018|publisher=Johnson City Press|date=June 30, 2017}}</ref>

==Operations== The school is operated by K12. In 2014–15 school year, the school cost the state $14,097,629.<ref name="tt160429">{{cite news|last1=Balakit|first1=Melanie|title=Tennessee virtual, traditional school costs hard to compare|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2016/03/29/tennessee-virtual-traditional-school-costs-hard-compare/82375414/|accessdate=6 February 2018|publisher=The Tennessean|date=March 29, 2016}}</ref>

Tennessee and nearby states offer government-sponsored virtual schools as a means to support homeschooling. Indiana offers Indiana Virtual School serving 1,320 students in grades 6–12. Ohio Virtual Academy serves 9,466 students in grades K–12.

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