Davidson Charter Academy

Davidson Charter Academy is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Lexington, North Carolina, run under Davidson Charter Academy, teacheing 658 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Davidson Charter Academy sits inside Davidson Charter Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Davidson Charter Academy reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Davidson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Davidson County put median household earnings sit near $64,172, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Davidson Charter Academy is one of 49 public schools in Davidson County (combined enrollment of about 23,696 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pickett Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. Davidson Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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