Choice Plus Academy

Choice Plus Academy is one of the rural-scale all-grades campuss in Smithfield, North Carolina, part of Johnston County Public Schools, with 97 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 731 students per school, that is 87% below typical.

Choice Plus Academy is one of 48 schools operated by Johnston County Public Schools, a district that hosts 37,320 students overall.

On demographics, Choice Plus Academy lists that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Johnston County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,384, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnston County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,004 students), of which Choice Plus Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: South Smithfield Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.