Lee County High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,459 students
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
283 Harvey Faulk Road, Sanford, NC 27332
Grades
6–12
High
Students
628
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
Lee County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 532 North Carolina high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County is a charter high school in Sanford, North Carolina, serving grades 6–12. The school is located in a town in Lee County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 628 students were enrolled, with about 13.5 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. Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 532 North Carolina high schools.
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)
- 628 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 2
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Town — Distant
- School district
- Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
- County
- Lee County
- NCES school ID
- 370043803459
Schools near Ascend Leadership Academy: Lee County
All 24 schools in Sanford →
Lee Early College
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Western Harnett High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 1,324 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.