Peak Charter Academy

Peak Charter Academy is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Apex, North Carolina, run under Peak Charter Academy, with 651 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 467.

Peak Charter Academy sits inside Peak Charter Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Peak Charter Academy shows that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Peak Charter Academy has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Wake County's rate of about 42%.

In the area at large, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Peak Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Baucom Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. As a public charter, Peak Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 651 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

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