Pocosin Innovative Charter

Pocosin Innovative Charter is a primary school of compact scale in Creswell, North Carolina, one of the schools within Pocosin Innovative Charter, serveing 269 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Pocosin Innovative Charter sits inside Pocosin Innovative Charter, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Pocosin Innovative Charter lists that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Washington County as a whole is about 45% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household earnings sit near $41,813, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. In all, Washington County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,586 students), of which Pocosin Innovative Charter is one.

Washington Early College High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Pocosin Innovative Charter operates from a countryside location. As a public charter, Pocosin Innovative Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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