Sterling Montessori Academy

As a well-populated elementary-level community in Morrisville, North Carolina, Sterling Montessori Academy educates 702 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Sterling Montessori Academy. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Sterling Montessori Academy sits 50% larger than that benchmark.

Sterling Montessori Academy sits inside Sterling Montessori Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Sterling Montessori Academy reports that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 36% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 9% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Wake County shows the typical household earns roughly $105,768 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Wake County runs 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), of which Sterling Montessori Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Fork Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sterling Montessori Academy.

The school occupies a residential site. Sterling Montessori Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 15%: 609 students in 2018 compared to 702 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 48% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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