Pender Innovative Learning Academy

Pender Innovative Learning Academy is a multi-level school of tiny scale in Rocky Point, North Carolina, run under Pender County Schools, educateing 38 students in grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 95% smaller than the state mean of about 731.

Pender Innovative Learning Academy is one of 19 schools operated by Pender County Schools, a district that caters to 11,073 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pender Innovative Learning Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 21% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Pender County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pender Innovative Learning Academy has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pender County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Pender County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,396, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Pender County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,073 students), of which Pender Innovative Learning Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Cape Fear Middle, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.