Summary:
Achievement Charter Academy is the only school listed in the Achievement Charter Academy district area, serving grades K-8 in Fuquay Varina, NC, with 211 students and a 15.2:1 student-teacher ratio. Although the area summary classifies it as the sole elementary school, the school itself reports a K-8 grade span, meaning middle-grade performance is included in a single school record.
The most dramatic finding is a massive one-year turnaround in 3rd grade math, which jumped from 9.7% proficient in 2024-2025 to 78.6% in 2025-2026 – now above the North Carolina state average of 66.4%. That bright spot, however, does not extend to other grades. In 2025-2026, proficiency averages remain below the state in math (49.3% vs. 62.5%), reading (41.1% vs. 55.9%), and 5th grade science (52.0% vs. 67.7%). The school's state ranking has improved from the 6th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 24th percentile in 2025-2026, but it still sits in the lower quarter of North Carolina schools. Perhaps the biggest red flag is the chronic absenteeism rate of 39.9% – nearly 16 percentage points higher than the state's 24.2% – which likely hinders consistent achievement.
Academic progress is highly uneven by grade. While 3rd grade math is a genuine strength, 6th grade math trails the state by over 31 points and 6th grade reading by over 21 points. Most scores improved year over year, and 5th grade science nearly doubled from 25% to 52%, but 6th grade math declined from 33.3% to 27.8%, a concerning step backward in an already weak area. No free/reduced-price lunch data is reported, so the school's socioeconomic context cannot be assessed. For parents, the encouraging story is that Achievement Charter Academy is moving upward from the very bottom of the rankings, but addressing chronic absenteeism and closing the large upper-grade gaps in math and reading will be essential for sustained growth.
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