Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls

Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Wendell, North Carolina, run under Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls, works with 567 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls sits 21% larger than that benchmark.

Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls sits inside Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls lists that 33% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 26% White, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls reports 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 54.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wake County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household income runs about $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lake Myra Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls operates from a countryside location. As a public charter, Cardinal Charter Acad at Wendell Falls runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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