River Mill Academy

The public school serving multiple grade levels River Mill Academy is located in Graham, North Carolina. It has an enrollment of 780 students in kindergarten through 12.

River Mill Academy operates as its own local education agency.

The largest group at River Mill Academy is White students, at 63%. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 6% multiracial. Alamance County residents are about 60% White, a similar share. The diversity index for River Mill Academy is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

River Mill Academy has 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. The 16.1:1 average for combined schools in North Carolina is close to this figure.

For the population of Alamance County, median household income comes to about $65,651, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alamance County counts 42 public schools with about 25,737 students.

Among nearby public schools, South Graham Elementary is closest at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of River Mill Academy.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size. River Mill Academy is one of the charter schools in North Carolina.

In 2020-21, River Mill Academy enrolled 831 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 780. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.1:1 to 16.4:1.

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