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Ignite Online Academy

Durham · NC · Durham Public Schools · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • Academic signals not yet ingested for this school

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Ignite Online Academy compares for families

What families should know about Ignite Online Academy.

  • LocallyNC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: C E Jordan High, East Chapel Hill High, Trinity School Of Durham & Chapel Hill and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Title I Schoolwide eligible

≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program

58.1%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -20.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 363 students:

2025
290
2027
184
2029
117

≈ 246 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue at risk

At $14,238 per student in district revenue, the 246 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $3,502,548/year in funding at risk.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
C E Jordan High
Durham
Public 1.8 2,189 +12.9%
East Chapel Hill High
Chapel Hill
Public 3.0 1,419 -3.8%
Trinity School Of Durham & Chapel Hill
Durham
Private 3.3 558 +8.3%
Cresset Christian Academy
Durham
Private 3.3 146 -23.6%
Hill Learning Center
Durham
Private 3.5 167 -5.1%
UNC Hospital School
Chapel Hill
Public 3.6
Durham Academy
Durham
Private 3.7 1,196 +0.4%
Durham Academy Middle School Div
Durham
Private 3.9 1,195 +215.3%

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