Original Research by School Decision on Revolution Academy
Revolution Academy is a tuition-free public charter serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Guilford County. It operates as a single-school district with a balanced enrollment distributed evenly across its grades. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students, and very small populations of Black students. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education counts, or English learner counts, so a parent cannot assess from this data how the school serves economically disadvantaged families or students with disabilities and English language needs.
The school has no state assessment results available in this record. North Carolina does not report proficiency data for elementary and middle schools in the same way it does for secondary schools, so families cannot see how Revolution Academy's students perform on state tests relative to other district options. The school also does not report a graduation rate, which applies only to high schools and is not relevant to a K-8 setting.
Among chronic absenteeism rates reported across Guilford County's districts, Revolution Academy ranks in the top quartile, meaning its absenteeism is lower than most other districts in the county. This suggests reasonably strong student attendance. The school's per-pupil spending is in the lower range among county districts, reflecting typical charter school resource constraints.
Since opening in 2020, Revolution Academy has grown substantially, with enrollment roughly tripling and a significant waitlist of prospective families. Admission is lottery-based rather than automatic, so families interested in the school must apply and compete for placement. The school recently received a charter renewal from the state, securing its long-term authorization.
A major shift is underway. The school is building a new upper school campus on a recently acquired site in Summerfield, with the intention to open in 2027 and add grades six through twelve over subsequent years. This expansion would transform Revolution Academy from a K-8 option into a complete K-12 pathway, with the first graduating class expected in 2028. For families in the Summerfield area, this represents the first tuition-free public charter option that extends through high school. Until the upper school opens, current eighth-graders will graduate out of the school and face a transition to another district's high school program.
Families considering Revolution Academy should plan for a lottery-based application process given strong demand, verify what instructional curriculum and pedagogy the school uses to see if it aligns with their child's needs, and understand that the K-8 campus currently does not extend to high school, though expansion is actively planned.
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