Woods Charter School

Woods Charter School is a charter school in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Woods Charter School
Address
160 Woodland Grove Lane Chapel Hill , North Carolina 27516 United States
Coordinates	35°48′54″N 79°06′35″W
Information
Type	Charter
Motto	"The Woods Way"
Established	1998 (1998)
CEEB code	340649
NCES School ID	370005302372
Principal	Cotton Bryan[1]
Faculty	45.07 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades	K–12
Enrollment	510[2] (2015–16)
Student to teacher ratio	11.32:1[2]
Color(s)	Green and silver
Mascot	Wolves
Nickname	The Wolves
Website	www.woodscharter.org

Founded in 1998, Woods Charter School is a North Carolina public charter school, serving approximately 500 students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Woods offers a challenging college and university preparatory academic program with an emphasis on character development. It has a history of academic success both in the State’s ABC testing and in the AP, SAT and ACT exams. The strengths of Woods Charter School include small classes, close student-teacher relationships that provide for individual student attention and a caring school community of students, faculty, and parents.

In 2007, private funding was secured to construct a new school building, and in August 2008, Woods Charter School moved to its current location. Concurrently with the building project, The Woods Charter School Foundation, Inc. was established to raise funds for outfitting the building and meeting the ongoing needs of the school. During the 2016–2017 school year, the school constructed a new third science lab to complement the two existing science labs in the high school wing.

The elementary school has approximately 32 students per grade level and average class sizes of 16. Special features of the elementary school include a focus on the Core Knowledge Curriculum, Singapore math, physical education, art, music and French with specialist teachers, regular field trips and outstanding high school students serving as teaching assistants.

The middle school has approximately 40 students per grade level and average class sizes of 20. Special features of the middle school include advisory groups which foster quality student-teacher relationships, specialized preparation for high school including an opportunity to enroll in some high school classes, differentiation in mathematics, classes in music and art, as well as World language instruction offering French and Spanish.

The high school has approximately 46 students per grade level, with average class sizes of 12–23. Special features of the high school include a single and highly rigorous college prep curriculum based on the UNC minimum requirement guidelines, a range of College Board Advanced Placement courses, elective courses, a Senior Project, a 50-hour community service graduation requirement, and individualized college counseling through our teacher-student advisory model.