East Wake Academy

East Wake Academy
Main building of the school in 2024
Address
821 Charter School Way Zebulon, North Carolina 27597 United States
Coordinates	35°49′55″N 78°18′24″W / 35.83194°N 78.30667°W / 35.83194; -78.30667
Information
Type	Charter
Established	July 6, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-07-06)
School district	Wake County Public School System
NCES District ID	3700070
NCES School ID	370007002416
Director	Anthony Pirrello
Principal	Allison Stancil (Elementary)
Principal	Lisa Davis (Middle)
Principal	Darrell Johnson (High)
Teaching staff	80.33 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	K–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	1,227 (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	15.27
Campus type	Rural
Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Athletics	1–A
Athletics conference	Super Six Conference (SS6) (Varsity level)
Mascot	Eagles
Website	eastwakeacademy.org
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East Wake Academy (EWA) is a public charter school located in Zebulon, North Carolina. Founded in 1998, the school is made up of three separate academies to cover grades K–12, with admission to the academies being decided via lottery system. The creation of the school was conceived in October 1997 by a group of locals led by Susan King, with the intention to bring greater school choice to the area. After a rocky first school year characterized by the student body being spread out across two buildings in Knightdale and Wendell, the school was centralized into its current location in Zebulon in 1999 under Headmaster Michelle Taylor, and school spirit improved. Since 2012, two employees have been fired for sexual criminal activity.