Uwharrie Charter Academy

Uwharrie Charter Academy is a big all-grades campus in Asheboro, North Carolina, overseen by Uwharrie Charter Academy. The school enrolls 2,145 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 731 students each, so Uwharrie Charter Academy sits 193% larger than that benchmark.

Uwharrie Charter Academy is one of 2 schools operated by Uwharrie Charter Academy, a district that hosts 2,257 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Uwharrie Charter Academy logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Randolph County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 132 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Randolph County (around 84%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, Randolph County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,022, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Uwharrie Charter Academy is one of 42 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 21,656 students).

Uwharrie Charter Remote Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Uwharrie Charter Academy.

The campus sits in a rural setting. Uwharrie Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Uwharrie Charter Academy has ticked up 110%, going from 1,020 students in 2018 to 2,145 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 88% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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