Charter agency · Wake County
Southern Wake Academy, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Southern Wake Academy runs 1 public school with 534 students in grades 6 to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 534
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5108 Old Powell Rd, Holly Springs, NC 27540
- Phone
- (919)567-9955
- County
- Wake County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- 6 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700114
- State district ID
- NC-92P
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 267 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
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 (775), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $267,000
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $7.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,236
- Salaries
- $3.9 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.2%
- State: 73.8%
- Local: 22.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,236
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Southern Wake Academy
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Southern Wake AcademyCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 534 | 14.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wake County
- Wake County Schools 163,325 students
- Pine Springs Preparatory Academy 3,810 students
- Triangle Math and Science Academy 1,904 students
- Franklin Academy 1,660 students
- East Wake Academy 1,265 students
- The Math and Science Academy of Apex 1,080 students
- Endeavor Charter 799 students
- Carolina Charter Academy: CFA 782 students
- Envision Science Academy 759 students
- Casa Esperanza Montessori 752 students
- Rolesville Charter Academy 716 students
- Sterling Montessori Academy 702 students
- PreEminent Charter School 667 students
- Peak Charter Academy 651 students
- Wake Forest Charter Academy 650 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.