Sunset Park Elementary
Public · Grades K–5 · 450 students
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
2525 Wonder Way, Wilmington, NC 28401
Grades
K–8
Elementary
Students
395
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13.2 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
New Hanover County
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina elementary 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 Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
Cape Fear Center for Inquiry is a charter elementary school in Wilmington, North Carolina, serving grades K–8. The school is located in a midsize city in New Hanover County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 395 students were enrolled, with about 13.2 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina elementary school (14.5 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 A (excellent), compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–8
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–8
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 395 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.2 to 1
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- NC State Board of Education
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- City — Midsize
- School district
- Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
- County
- New Hanover County
- NCES school ID
- 370010802534
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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.