📍 1280 Buck Jones Rd, Cary, Wake County, 27606
Connections Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving middle age pupils, located in Cary, Wake County. The school has 21 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wake County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 1.7:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Connections Academy enrolls 21 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 76% male and 24% female. A teaching staff of 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 1.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Black or African American, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 11 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 14% |
| Asian | 2 | 9.5% |
| White | 1 | 4.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 4.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
18 of the school's 21 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 18 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.
Connections Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-20, state senate district 15, state house district 11.
Connections Academy is one of 197 schools in Wake County Schools, based in Cary, North Carolina. The district serves 163,325 students district-wide and employs 10,663 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 21 students, Connections Academy is smaller than the district average of about 829 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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