📍 2953 Camp Easter Rd, Attn: Connect!Academy, Southern Pines, Moore County, 28387
Connect Academy is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Southern Pines, Moore County. The school has 312 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Moore County Schools school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Connect Academy enrolls 312 students across grades K–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 17% Black or African American and 9.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 203 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
136 of the school's 312 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 qualify for free lunch and 3 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.
Connect Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a fully virtual school. 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 25, state house district 52.
Connect Academy is one of 23 schools in Moore County Schools, based in Carthage, North Carolina. The district serves 13,085 students district-wide and employs 803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 312 students, Connect Academy is smaller than the district average of about 569 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe