📍 900 11th Street, Lillington, Harnett County, 27546
STAR Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lillington, Harnett County. The school has 18 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Harnett County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 1.6:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
STAR Academy enrolls 18 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 78% male and 22% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 1.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 17% White and 17% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 11 | 61% |
| White | 3 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 5.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
15 of the school's 18 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 15 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
STAR Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 12, state house district 53.
STAR Academy is one of 28 schools in Harnett County Schools, based in Lillington, North Carolina. The district serves 20,095 students district-wide and employs 1,305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 18 students, STAR Academy is smaller than the district average of about 718 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe