Florida Virtual School (FLVS)

Laura Maloney
Instructional Leader, Florida Virtual School

Orange and Alachua

Counties receive a $200,000
grant from the Florida
Department of Education
and pilot a Web School
with five online courses.

1996

FLVS joins forces with

Florida school districts to
increase the capacity of
students who can be served
online through an in-state
franchise program.

1997
Florida High School
(now FLVS)
launches with seven
staff members.

2003

FLVS experiences
continual growth
in student
enrollments and
now delivers more
than 120 courses.

2003
FLVS becomes fully
funded as a
statewide virtual
school and becomes
part of the Florida
Education Finance
Program.

2012

FLVS reaches
a milestone
of 2 million
completed
semester courses.

2013
275 FLVS Full Time
12th-grade students
graduate and
receive high school
diplomas.

2014

WHO WE SERVE

OUR STUDENTS HAVE CHOICES

Students take one or more courses

in addition to other coursework

Students take all coursework

through FLVS Full Time

Available to public, private, charter,

and homeschool students in
Kindergarten12th grades

Available to Kindergarten
12th grade students

Follow a 365-day flexible calendar

with rolling enrollment
Access to teachers 8 a.m. 8 p.m.
Monday through Friday

Follow a 180-day traditional

school calendar

Public & Charter Schools

Caucasian

73%

73.1%

Homeschool

Black or African
American

22%

15.7%

Private Schools

Asian

5%

3.8%
Multi-racial

3.7%

American Indian or
AK Native

2.7%
Native Hawaiian or
Pacific Islander

0.8%
No Race Submitted

0.2%

Female

Male

57%

43%

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

QUESTIONS?