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Raleigh, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $8,308 per pupil, Quest Academy ranks #301 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
Quest Academy operates 1 public schools serving 142 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Wake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,308 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 33 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 32.2% local, 64.1% state, and 3.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 0.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.5% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Quest Academy, enrolling 139 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Quest Academy accounts for 97.9% of all Quest Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Quest Academy a distant remainder — means Quest Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Quest Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 0.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Quest Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 142 students.
How much does Quest Academy spend per student?
Quest Academy spends $8,308 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Quest Academy?
Quest Academy students are 75.5% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% Asian, 3.6% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.