North Carolina Cyber Academy

Set in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina Cyber Academy is a heavily attended K-12 campus, operated by North Carolina Cyber Academy. It hosts 2,461 students across grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 731 students per school, that is 237% above typical.

North Carolina Cyber Academy is a school of North Carolina Cyber Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, North Carolina Cyber Academy lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Durham County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.1:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Durham County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,316, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Durham County runs 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), of which North Carolina Cyber Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: NC Virtual Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

North Carolina Cyber Academy operates from an urban location. As a public charter, North Carolina Cyber Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. North Carolina Cyber Academy delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Carolina Cyber Academy has expanded 21%, going from 2,031 students in 2018 to 2,461 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 30.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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