Epiphany School of Charlotte
under 1 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 4-820 students4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools in Charlotte, NC
7 in Charlotte or within 6 miles; schools in Charlotte itself count at any distance from downtown. 6 are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Schools whose main program is special education.
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-1297 students5.4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed80% to 4-year college
Cyzner Institute
6 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-827 students13.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Crossway Academy
7 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-849 students7 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-12292 students4.9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed87% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 1-1253 students3.4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed50% to 4-year college
Philips Academy
3 miGrades 6-1255 students4.6 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Special education schools near Charlotte by the numbers
- Where
- all 7 in Charlotte
- Students
- about 593 in all; the typical school has 53
- Smallest and largest
- Epiphany School of Charlotte, 20 students; The Fletcher School, 292 students
- Students per teacher
- 4.9 typical, 3.4 to 13.5 across 7 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- To a 4-year college
- 80% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- Epiphany School of Charlotte $27,500; The John Crosland School $28,464; The Fletcher School $34,650
- State program
- Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
- Nonsectarian7
- Pre-K (and up)1
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)7
- High school (9 to 12)4
- K to 12, one school2
- Under 503
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2991
- Special education schools here86%
- All of North Carolina81%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 3 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
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