Evergreen Virtual Academy, North Bend OR

Original Research by School Decision on Evergreen Virtual Academy

Evergreen Virtual Academy is a public charter school serving kindergarten through twelfth grade, situated in North Bend on Oregon’s south coast. It operates under the North Bend School District but offers a fully virtual learning model, meaning students attend from home with online instruction and curriculum. The school’s enrollment is substantial for a charter, drawing families from across the region who seek an alternative to brick-and-mortar schooling. The student body is predominantly white, with a noticeable Hispanic population and smaller shares of Black, Native American, Asian, Pacific Islander, and multiracial students. Data on economic disadvantage, such as the share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, was not reported, so a parent would need to ask the school directly about the level of need among enrolled families.

State assessment results are available for grades three through eight in English language arts and math, and for grades five and eight in science. Performance across these tested grades is modest. In math, proficiency rates are below a majority of students meeting the bar in every grade, with the highest rate in third grade, where about half of students reached the level, and the lowest in middle school, where fewer than a third did. English language arts follows a similar pattern: third graders performed best, but by fifth grade and beyond, only about a quarter to a third of students were proficient. Science results are lower still, with less than a quarter of fifth and eighth graders demonstrating proficiency. No high school state assessment data is included in the available record, so it is not possible to gauge academic performance at the upper grades from this source. The school also does not report a four-year graduation rate, a notable gap for a high school-serving entity; a parent should ask whether the school tracks and publishes that figure.

When placed against other school districts in Coos County, Evergreen Virtual Academy’s overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint of the six districts that had data. That means its average performance is slightly better than half the districts in the county, though the absolute rates remain low. This context is important: the school is not an outlier on the low end locally, but the numbers themselves are below what many families might expect from a statewide perspective.

As a virtual charter, the school offers a fundamentally different structure from a traditional campus. Students work from home with online courses, and the model relies on parent or guardian involvement to support daily learning. The school’s website would be the best place to understand its specific curriculum, teacher interaction, pacing, and extracurricular options. No program offerings such as Advanced Placement, career-technical education, or dual credit were provided in the data, so those details would need to be confirmed directly.

North Bend, the school’s administrative home, is a small coastal city shaped by timber, fishing, and shipbuilding, with a growing tourism and hospitality sector anchored by a casino owned by the Coquille Indian Tribe. The population has been declining slightly, and home values are below Oregon’s statewide average, making the area relatively affordable. The town has a compact downtown with a waterfront boardwalk, but most commercial areas are auto-oriented. For a family considering Evergreen Virtual Academy, the community context matters less than the school’s virtual nature, since students are not attending a physical campus. The school’s address is a suite in a commercial building, reflecting its administrative, not instructional, function.

Evergreen Virtual Academy fits a family seeking an online public school option in a region where traditional school performance is generally low, and where a parent can be actively involved in the child’s daily education. The academic results for grades three through eight are modest, but consistent with the county average. The absence of high school test data and a graduation rate leaves an important question unanswered, and any family considering the school for secondary grades should press for that information before enrolling.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

45.0%Cohort of 259 students · Class of 2021

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.

326 schools plotted. 10 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 370%

School 70% · District 52% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 45% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 41% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 28% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 34% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 31% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 47% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 42% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 55% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 42% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 43% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 44% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Science

Grade 514%

School 14% · District 42% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 4 pts below state median

This schoolNorth Bend SD 13, 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.