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Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
About Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County operates as a low-enrollment high school in Sanford, North Carolina, overseen by Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County. Current enrollment sits at 628 students spanning grades 6 through 12.
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 655 students; Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County is among them.
Demographically, Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County tighter than the state norm the norm.
Across the wider county, census data for Lee County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,387 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County is one of 20 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 10,641 students).
Nearest neighbor: Ascend Leadership Remote Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County.
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County operates from a town-center location. Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Lee County at a glance
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