Sterling Montessori Academy

Students in Morrisville, North Carolina, attend Sterling Montessori Academy, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school enrolls 702 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 50% larger than average.

Sterling Montessori Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Sterling Montessori Academy is Asian, with 43% of students. Other groups make up 36% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Wake County as a whole is about 9% Asian, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.

Its ratio of 21.1:1 is based on 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1.

American Community Survey estimates for Wake County show that the median household earns about $105,768 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Wake County has 237 public schools with about 184,790 students, including Sterling Montessori Academy.

Among nearby public schools, Cedar Fork Elementary is closest at about 0.3 miles. Sterling Montessori Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

Federal data place Sterling Montessori Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list Sterling Montessori Academy as a charter school.

In 2020-21, Sterling Montessori Academy enrolled 616 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 702. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.1:1.

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