Partnership Academy

Partnership Academy is one of the rural-scale secondary schools in Hillsborough, North Carolina, overseen by Orange County Schools, with 40 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Partnership Academy sits 95% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Orange County Schools (6,982 students total), Partnership Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Partnership Academy records that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 23% Black, 20% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Partnership Academy reports 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Partnership Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,089 per year, about 62% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Partnership Academy is one of 38 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 19,582 students).

River Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Partnership Academy.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Partnership Academy's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 42 (now 40). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 31% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

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