At first, the 14-year-old wasn't happy with the isolation of a school day away from her friends, alone at home with her laptop and books.
But since she started an Agora program that allows her to take some classes in a classroom four days a week, she's much happier - so much so that her mother just reenrolled her for next year.
"It's a better decision than going to a public school," said soft-spoken Naveda, whose pretty face recently helped her land modeling jobs. "It's more focused - the work and the students."
And she said she felt safer.
Naveda's choice is not uncommon, said virtual-school operators and national experts, although the evidence is largely anecdotal.
"I have heard - especially with our Philadelphia students - that violence is an issue, a reason they come to us," said Sharon Williams, head of Agora Cyber Charter. "Safety is a reason why parents are keeping their kids at home."
The largest group of students enrolled at Agora are from Philadelphia - 20 percent of the school's 6,420 students. Pockets of students are from other urban areas around the state - Pittsburgh, Reading, Lancaster, Allentown, Erie.
Nationally, about 200,000 students attend online schools full time. They take computer courses led virtually by a teacher and study at their own pace.
Many are enrolled in cyber charters, which receive public funding for each student. Pennsylvania has 12 cyber charters enrolling about 20,000 students.
Experts say one factor fueling the growth of virtual learning is parents' desire to get their children out of dangerous schools, particularly in urban centers.
