Charter agency · Lee County
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County runs 2 public schools with 655 students in grades 6 to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 655
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 283 Harvey Faulk Rd, Sanford, NC 27332
- Phone
- (919)842-5411
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- 6 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700438
- State district ID
- NC-53B
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 328 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 2
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (398), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $166,000
- State revenue
- $2.5 million
- Local revenue
- $695,000
- Total spending
- $3.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $8,437
- Salaries
- $1.5 million45.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.9%
- State: 74.5%
- Local: 20.6%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$8,437
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
By level: 1 high, 1 middle. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee CountyCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 628 | 13.7 |
| Ascend Leadership Remote AcademyCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 27 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Lee County Schools 9,168 students
- Central Carolina Academy 536 students
- Rising Leaders Academy 282 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.