Wayne STEM Academy

Located at 2950 Summit Road, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Wayne STEM Academy is a modestly sized elementary school that instructs 305 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Wayne STEM Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 467.

Wayne STEM Academy is a school of Wayne STEM Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Wayne STEM Academy shows that 35% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Wayne STEM Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Wayne County's rate of about 98%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,733 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Wayne County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,481 students), of which Wayne STEM Academy is one.

Greenwood Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wayne STEM Academy.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Wayne STEM Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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