Elementary Schools in Wilmington Preparatory Academy

Wilmington Preparatory Academy is the sole elementary school in the Wilmington Preparatory Academy district, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 97 students. This public charter school in Wilmington, North Carolina, has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of elementary schools in the state over the past three years, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Wilmington Preparatory Academy is significantly underperforming compared to state averages. In 5th grade Mathematics, only 30% of students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 55.9%. The school's proficiency rates range from 18.2% to 45.5% across different grade levels and subjects, well below the state averages of 48% to 65.3%. This suggests the school may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to address these achievement gaps.

The low school ranking and academic performance, coupled with the lack of specific data on free/reduced lunch rates, indicate that Wilmington Preparatory Academy may serve a high-need population with significant socioeconomic challenges. However, the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.5 to 1 could be an advantage in providing more individualized attention to students, though this advantage does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes.