East Columbus Junior-Senior High
Public · Grades 7–12 · 576 students
Thomas Academy
206-B Rube MCCRAY Circle, Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450
Grades
6–12
High
Students
62
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
8.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Thomas Academy
Columbus County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Thomas Academy
Thomas Academy is a charter high school in Lake Waccamaw, North Carolina, serving grades 6–12. The school is located in a rural area in Columbus County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 62 students were enrolled, with about 8.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from NC State Board of Education.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 62 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.8 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Distant
- School district
- Thomas Academy
- County
- Columbus County
- NCES school ID
- 370034903299
Schools near Thomas Academy
All 2 schools in Lake Waccamaw →
Whiteville High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 639 students
North Whiteville Academy
Alternative · Grades 6–12 · 16 students
Columbus Career and College Academy
Public · Grades 9–13 · 230 students
East Bladen High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 525 students
South Columbus High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 669 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.