Phoenix Academy

Set in Oxford, North Carolina, Phoenix Academy is a rural-scale multi-level school, operated by Granville County Schools. It serves 17 students across grades K through 12. That puts it 98% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 731 students.

Phoenix Academy is one of 16 schools operated by Granville County Schools, a district that serves 6,402 students overall.

Demographically, Phoenix Academy reports that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Granville County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Phoenix Academy has 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Granville County runs at roughly 98%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Granville County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,111 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Granville County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,376 students), Phoenix Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Granville Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Phoenix Academy.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Phoenix Academy's enrollment has ticked up 183% since 2018, when it stood at 6 (now 17). The White share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 1.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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