Alamance Community School

Alamance Community School, a well-populated K-5 school in Haw River, North Carolina, operated by Alamance Community School, teaches 736 students, covering grades K through 7. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Alamance Community School is the operating authority for Alamance Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Alamance Community School lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 32% Black, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, Alamance Community School lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Alamance County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,651, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Alamance County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,737 students), Alamance Community School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ABSS Early College at ACC, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Alamance Community School operates from an outer-ring location. Alamance Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Alamance Community School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.