New Dimensions

New Dimensions is a mid-sized elementary school in Morganton, North Carolina. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 569 students. It has 22% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).

New Dimensions is run by The New Dimensions School.

At New Dimensions, 88% of students are White. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.

A staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is similar, at 14.9:1. New Dimensions counts 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 96% average for public schools in Burke County.

Looking at the county, Burke County, median household income comes to about $58,592, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 30, with about 12,360 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Walter R Johnson Middle, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. New Dimensions is run as a public charter school.

The 2020-21 count was 386 students and the 2024-25 count was 569. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.1 in 2020-21.

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