Stanly Academy Learning Center

The public high school Stanly Academy Learning Center is located in Albemarle, North Carolina. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 13 students in grades 8 through 12. Against the 761-student average for high schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 98% lower.

Stanly Academy Learning Center is run by Stanly County Schools, whose 23 schools enroll 8,743 students.

At Stanly Academy Learning Center, the largest share of students is White, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 46% Black and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Stanly County's population at about 79%.

Stanly Academy Learning Center operates with 0.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.4:1. That is lower than the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. About 77% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 22 points below the 99% average for public schools in Stanly County.

In Stanly County (population about 64,651), the median household income is $60,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Stanly Academy Learning Center is one of 24 public schools in the county.

The shortest distance from Stanly Academy Learning Center to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Stanly County Virtual Education. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Stanly Academy Learning Center is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.

The 2020-21 count was 46 students and the 2024-25 count was 13. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 5.1 in 2020-21.

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