Rising Leaders Academy

Set in Sanford, North Carolina, Rising Leaders Academy is a close-knit K-5 school, run under Rising Leaders Academy. It caters to 282 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Rising Leaders Academy sits inside Rising Leaders Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Rising Leaders Academy records that 38% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 20% White, 11% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,387, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,641 students), Rising Leaders Academy is one campus in the mix.

J Glenn Edwards Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rising Leaders Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Rising Leaders 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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