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Wilmington, North Carolina - 1 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington #38 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,789 per pupil, Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington ranks #71 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington operates 1 public schools serving 385 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in New Hanover County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,789 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 28.8% local, 53.5% state, and 17.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 73/100, ranked #38 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 362:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.7% White, 26.5% African American, 19.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington accounts for 94.0% of all Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington a distant remainder — means Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington student-counselor ratio is 362:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington chronic absenteeism rate is 42.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington?
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 385 students.
How much does Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington spend per student?
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington spends $13,789 per student. The district has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #38 in North Carolina.
What is the demographic composition of Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington?
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington students are 41.7% White, 26.5% African American, 19.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington?
Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #38 out of 293 districts in North Carolina.