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Connect Academy

West End · NC · Moore County Schools · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Connect Academy compares for families

What families should know about Connect 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: The O'Neal School, Sandhills Classical Christian School, The Community Learning Center @ Pinckney and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context

Mixed-income school

Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)

34.6%
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)

25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.

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 -4.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 283 students:

2025
270
2027
244
2029
222

≈ 61 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 $10,656 per student in district revenue, the 61 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $650,016/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
The O'Neal School
Southern Pines
Private 6.7 489 +18.1%
Sandhills Classical Christian School
Whispering Pines
Private 7.2 321 +34.9%
The Community Learning Center @ Pinckney
Carthage
Public 9.6 71 -10.1%
STARS Charter
Vass
Public · charter 11.1 6
Union Pines High
Cameron
Public 12.0 1,462 +6.2%
Father Capodanno School High School
Vass
Private 12.7 32
North Moore High
Robbins
Public 16.6 605 -1.5%
Montgomery Central High
Troy
Public 21.4 846 +3.3%

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