Ascend Leadership Remote Academy

As an one-room-style middle-grades school in Sanford, North Carolina, Ascend Leadership Remote Academy hosts 27 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County. Enrollment runs roughly 96% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 655 students. Ascend Leadership Remote Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ascend Leadership Remote Academy reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lee County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,387 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ascend Leadership Remote Academy is one of 20 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 10,641 students).

The closest other public school is Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ascend Leadership Remote Academy.

Ascend Leadership Remote Academy operates from a small-town location. Ascend Leadership Remote Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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