The Capitol Encore Academy

The Capitol Encore Academy runs as a medium-sized combined-grade school in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school had 853 students in kindergarten through 12 in 2024-25.

In federal data, the district for The Capitol Encore Academy is the school itself.

The most common group at The Capitol Encore Academy is Black students, at 45%. Other groups include 24% White, 18% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1 at The Capitol Encore Academy, with 62.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.4 below the 16.1:1 average for combined schools in North Carolina. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 98%. It compares with 86% for public schools in Cumberland County.

In the county around the school, Cumberland County, the median household income is $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 89 public schools in Cumberland County, enrolling about 50,815 students in all.

Cumberland Virtual Academy 6-12 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. The five-mile area around The Capitol Encore Academy holds at least 8 other public schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size. As a charter school, The Capitol Encore Academy is publicly funded and operates under a charter. In federal data, The Capitol Encore Academy is a virtual school.

The Capitol Encore Academy reported 553 students in 2020-21 and 853 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.

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