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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Rising Leaders Academy, Sanford, NC

Charter schoolRising Leaders Academy is a public elementary school in Sanford, part of Rising Leaders Academy. It enrolled 282 students in 2024-25, with 10.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
282
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
10.1
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 10.1. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.1
District10.1
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
2732 Industrial Drive, Sanford, NC 27332
Phone
(919)745-1442
District
Rising Leaders Academy
County
Lee County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
370046603530
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
277
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
27798.2% 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 Sanford

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.