Original Research by School Decision on Parkview Academy of Virtual Education
Parkview Academy of Virtual Education is a public charter school that serves grades six through twelve as a fully online option within the Parkview School District. It is based in Orfordville, a small village in Rock County, but its students learn remotely rather than attending a physical campus. The school is classified as a regular school, and its charter status gives it a distinct structure from the district’s brick-and-mortar buildings.
The enrollment is very small, which is typical for a specialized virtual program that draws from a limited geographic area. Every student enrolled is white, and a substantial share qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that the program serves a mix of household incomes. The grade-level distribution is uneven, with older students making up the bulk of the population; the middle grades are sparsely represented, and eighth grade had no enrolled students in the year this data covers.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year are suppressed across all subjects and grades, meaning the data is not publicly reported. This nearly always happens when the number of students tested is too small to release without compromising privacy. As a result, there is no available measure of how students performed on the Wisconsin Forward assessments in math, English language arts, science, or social studies. The school’s small size also means that graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, and other common accountability metrics were not available in the data provided, so a parent cannot compare this program to others on those standard benchmarks. The comparison set that positions schools relative to other districts in Rock County was not applicable because the necessary test and outcome figures were missing.
The district offers Parkview Academy of Virtual Education as an alternative to traditional in-person instruction, giving families a way to keep their student enrolled within the home district while studying online. What that curriculum looks like in practice, the range of courses available, and how teachers support remote students are details not included in the available information. No program offerings, staffing ratios, or disciplinary data were reported.
Orfordville itself is a quiet, primarily residential village with a modest industrial park and a handful of civic institutions such as a public library, several parks, and community groups like the Lions Club. The village has seen modest population growth over recent decades, and the school district is a notable local employer. All of the district’s schools are located in Orfordville after a high school was rebuilt and the old building reconverted into an elementary school.
For a family considering Parkview Academy of Virtual Education, the central fact is that it is a very small, fully online charter program serving a narrow band of grades. Because so many standard indicators are suppressed or missing, a parent who wants academic performance data, graduation outcomes, or a sense of the school’s college and career preparation will need to contact the school directly for that information. The program fits a family that already knows they want a virtual setting and is comfortable with a low-enrollment environment where the peer group is small and the academic track record is not publicly documented.
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