The online survey done by Dr. Tom Clark in 2001 used 44 different virtual K-12 schools in United States to study some important facts about these virtual schools such as, their mission, grades, enrolment, tuition, founding, and teaching methods. Each one of the K-12 virtual schools studied in this survey showed different missions; for example, according to the Houston Independent School District “the mission of the virtual school is to allow for two way interactive learning anytime anywhere for any student” (Clark). According to the Clark survey the studied virtual K-12 schools have different purposes;
"Several responding virtual schools serve special learner groups, such as Stanford’s EPGY, which according to the Deputy

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Director Ray Ravaglia, seeks to “provide gifted students with an education comparable in content and quality to that provided by the best schools in the world.” UC College Prep Initiative (UCCP) provided online college preparatory courses to high school students for the express purpose of increasing their eligibility for admission to top-flight universities….the University of Texas at Austin High School Program, whose mission is “to serve students who cannot attend a regular high school in their home area.” Other seek to provide an alternative, like JeffcoNet Academy in Colorado, whose vision in part…is to provide “to meet the needs of a variety of students who could not be readily accommodated through the traditional classroom"" (Clark).

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