NC Leadership Charter Academy

Set in Kernersville, North Carolina, NC Leadership Charter Academy is a big K-12 campus, overseen by NC Leadership Charter Academy. It works with 1,209 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 65% above the state mean of about 731.

NC Leadership Charter Academy is the operating authority for NC Leadership Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, NC Leadership Charter Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Forsyth County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Forsyth County indicate median household income runs about $67,165, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Forsyth County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,902 students), of which NC Leadership Charter Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Union Cross Traditional Acad, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NC Leadership Charter Academy.

The campus sits in a countryside setting. NC Leadership Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 57%: 768 students in 2018 compared to 1,209 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 84% to 73%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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