Brevard Virtual Franchise, Cocoa FL

Original Research by School Decision on Brevard Virtual Franchise

Brevard Virtual Franchise is a fully virtual, district-run public school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade within Brevard County's public school system, administratively addressed in Cocoa, Florida. It is not a charter school. The enrollment is small relative to what a traditional K-12 school would carry, and the grade distribution tells its own story: the upper grades, particularly tenth through twelfth, hold considerably more students than the elementary years, suggesting the school functions primarily as a secondary pathway for families who choose online learning.

The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic and multiracial students making up the next largest shares, and smaller portions of Black and Asian students. What stands out demographically is the free-and-reduced-price lunch rate, which is quite low compared to what most public schools report. That figure likely reflects a self-selection effect: families who actively enroll in a virtual school tend to have the home environment and parental capacity to support remote learning, and economic hardship often correlates with less access to those conditions. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available in what was provided.

State assessment results exist for the middle grades only, and even those are partial. Elementary results across reading, math, and science were suppressed, almost certainly because the student counts in those grades are small enough that Florida's privacy rules prevent public reporting. Where results do appear, the picture is mixed. In ELA, the school performs well at the grade-eight level, and reasonably in grade six. Grade-seven ELA sits at a solid but not exceptional level. Math tells a different story: grade-seven math proficiency is strong, but sixth- and eighth-grade math proficiency is considerably lower, trailing what most families would hope to see. The eighth-grade science result lands roughly in the middle range. A parent whose student will be in the middle grades, especially in math, may want to ask the school directly about how instruction and teacher feedback work in those courses and what supports exist when students fall behind.

No graduation rate data was available in what was provided, and the school's high school population is large enough that this gap is worth naming. A parent of a high schooler should ask Brevard directly about four-year completion rates for virtual students.

No information on AP courses, dual enrollment, or other advanced pathways was available in the data provided. Given that the upper grades carry most of the enrollment, understanding what the high school curriculum actually offers is a central question for any family considering this option.

The housing market in the Cocoa zip code shows home values meaningfully below both the Florida statewide median and the national median, and values have edged down slightly year over year. Rents have moved in the opposite direction, rising modestly. The rent-to-income ratio sits in a range that is manageable relative to national affordability benchmarks, and the gap between renting and owning monthly costs is relatively narrow. For families relocating to the area, Brevard County's cost of entry into homeownership is more accessible than much of coastal Florida.

No locale detail about Cocoa's character, employers, or civic anchors was retrievable in the research for this profile, so that context is left out rather than guessed. Similarly, no parent-relevant district changes or strategic priorities for Brevard were confirmed in time.

The core question for any family is whether a virtual model fits their child. This school suits students who are self-directed, have a structured home environment, and either need schedule flexibility or prefer to avoid a traditional campus setting. The small elementary population suggests most families with younger children choose brick-and-mortar options, which may be worth weighing. For secondary students with the right disposition and home support, this is a public, tuition-free path within the Brevard district, but the math proficiency picture in the middle grades and the absence of high school outcome data are things a parent should probe before enrolling.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

90-94%Cohort of 66 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 72% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 770%

School 70% · District 64% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 41% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 70% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 879%

School 79% · District 59% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 53% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolBREVARD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.