Charter agency · New Hanover County
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry runs 1 public school with 395 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 395
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2525 Wonder Way, Wilmington, NC 28401
- Phone
- (910)362-0000
- County
- New Hanover County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700108
- State district ID
- NC-65A
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 395 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (406), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $163,000
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $1.3 million
- Total spending
- $4.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,325
- Salaries
- $2.4 million51.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.9%
- State: 65.5%
- Local: 30.6%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,325
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cape Fear Center for InquiryCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 395 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in New Hanover County
- New Hanover County Schools 25,155 students
- American Leadership Academy-Coastal 1,002 students
- Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington 362 students
- Wilmington School of the Arts 297 students
- Island Montessori Charter 220 students
- D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy 162 students
- Classical Charter Schools of Wilmington 140 students
- Wilmington Preparatory Academy 91 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.