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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Cardinal Charter Academy, Cary, NC

Charter schoolCardinal Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Cary, part of Cardinal Charter. It enrolled 584 students in 2024-25, with 48.7 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
584
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
48.7
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 48.7. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school48.7
District48.7
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
1020 St. Charles Place, Cary, NC 27513
Phone
(919)653-5000
District
Cardinal Charter
County
Wake County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
370035803325
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
264
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
27747.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Cary

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.