📍 5301 Sidbury Road, Castle Hayne, New Hanover County, 28429
SEA-Tech is a Technical/Vocational serving high age pupils, located in Castle Hayne, New Hanover County. The school has 230 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New Hanover County Schools school district. It serves grades 9–13 in a rural setting. The school employs 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 50% are proficient in maths. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
SEA-Tech enrolls 230 students across grades 9–13. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 13.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 19% Black or African American and 17% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 132 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 39 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
227 of the school's 230 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 225 qualify for free lunch and 2 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.
SEA-Tech is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-70, state senate district 9, state house district 20.
SEA-Tech is one of 42 schools in New Hanover County Schools, based in Wilmington, North Carolina. The district serves 25,155 students district-wide and employs 1,734 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 230 students, SEA-Tech is smaller than the district average of about 599 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe