📍 1886 NC Hwy 133, Rocky Point, Pender County, 28457
Pender Innovative Learning Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Rocky Point, Pender County. The school has 99 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pender County Schools school district. It serves grades K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pender Innovative Learning Academy enrolls 99 students across grades K–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 18% Black or African American and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 64 | 65% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 4% |
| Asian | 2 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
60 of the school's 99 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 56 qualify for free lunch and 4 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.
Pender Innovative Learning Academy 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 8, state house district 16.
Pender Innovative Learning Academy is one of 19 schools in Pender County Schools, based in Burgaw, North Carolina. The district serves 11,073 students district-wide and employs 664 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 99 students, Pender Innovative Learning Academy is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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