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Johnston Charter Academy, Clayton, NC

Charter schoolJohnston Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Clayton, part of Johnston Charter Academy. It enrolled 677 students in 2024-25, with 19.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
677
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
19.9
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.9. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.9
District19.9
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
40 Scholar Drive, Clayton, NC 27520
Phone
(919)879-8190
District
Johnston Charter Academy
County
Johnston County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
370043003449
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
299
Reduced-price lunch
43
Free or reduced-price lunch
34250.5% 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 Clayton

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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.