Summerfield Charter Academy

Summerfield, North Carolina, is home to Summerfield Charter Academy, a large elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 774 students. That puts enrollment 66% larger than the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.

Summerfield Charter Academy is its own local education agency in federal data.

At Summerfield Charter Academy, 58% of students are White. The remaining students are 20% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census figures show Guilford County is about 48% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Summerfield Charter Academy scores 61%.

Summerfield Charter Academy has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 23.4:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 20% at Summerfield Charter Academy. That is lower than the 89% average for public schools in Guilford County.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Guilford County show that the median household earns about $68,642 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Guilford County, 143 public schools serve about 79,539 students.

Of the public schools around it, Summerfield Charter Academy is closest to Revolution Academy, about 0.9 miles away. There are 5 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area. Summerfield Charter Academy is run as a public charter school.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 780 in 2020-21 and 774 in 2024-25.

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