29 Private Schools in Buncombe County, NC

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School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Canongate Catholic High School ✓	Arden	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Christ School ✓	Arden	8-12	301	7.3	Episcopal, all-boys
Asheville Catholic School ✓	Asheville	PreK-8	222	13.1	Roman Catholic
Asheville Montessori School ✓	Asheville	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Asheville Waldorf School ✓	Asheville	PreK-8	104	6.2	Nonsectarian
Canterbury Classical School ✓	Asheville	K-12	133	9.6	Christian (nondenominational)
Emmanuel Lutheran School ✓	Asheville	PreK-8	109	4.4	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
French Broad River Academy Boys Program ✓	Asheville	6-8	125	4.9	Nonsectarian
Montessori Learning Community ✓	Asheville	On the state list; not in the federal survey
Odyssey Community School ✓	Asheville	PreK-12	121	5.4	Nonsectarian
Rainbow Community School ✓	Asheville	PreK-8	171	11.4	Nonsectarian
Reynolds Mountain Christian Acadeny ✓	Asheville	PreK-12	203	9.9	Christian (nondenominational)
Temple Baptist School ✓	Asheville	PreK-12	180	12.9	Baptist
The New Classical Academy ✓	Asheville	K-8	75	7.5	Nonsectarian
Black Mountain Montessori ✓	Black Mtn	PreK-5	16	2	Nonsectarian
Asheville-Pisgah Christian School ✓	Candler	PreK-8	161	13.6	Seventh-Day Adventist
Mount Pisqah Academy ✓	Candler	9-12	96	10.3	Seventh-Day Adventist
Trinity of Fairview Academy ✓	Fletcher	PreK-11	106	5.3	Baptist
Asheville Christian Academy ✓	Swannanoa	PreK-12	757	10.5	Other religious
The Learning Community School ✓	Swannanoa	K-8	116	4.1	Nonsectarian
Nativity Preschool & Kindergarten	Arden	K-Transitional K	90	8.5	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Carolina Day School	Asheville	PreK-12	587	7.5	Nonsectarian
Eliada Academy	Asheville	Ungraded	14	3.5	Nonsectarian
French Broad River Academy-Girls Program	Asheville	6-8	59	4	Nonsectarian, all-girls
Hanger Hall School	Asheville	6-8	83	11.2	Nonsectarian, all-girls
Hawthorn Montessori School	Asheville	PreK-K	17	4.4	Nonsectarian
Julia Street Montessori School	Asheville	PreK-K	6	2	Nonsectarian
Asheville Academy	Black Mountain	6-8	25	4.2	Nonsectarian, all-girls
Black Mountain Academy	Black Mountain	9-12	20	2.9	Nonsectarian, all-boys

Buncombe County private schools at a glance

Towns: 7; the most in Asheville (18), Arden (3) and Black Mountain (2)
Among North Carolina counties: 5th most private schools of 87; 4% of the state’s 730
Typical school: 116 students (23 reporting)
Smallest and largest: Eliada Academy, 14 students; Asheville Christian Academy, 757 students
Students per teacher: 7.3 typical, 2 to 13.6 across 26 schools
Programs: 3 Montessori, 2 special education
Co-ed or single-sex: 3 all-girls and 2 all-boys
Association members: 8, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
To a 4-year college: 80% of graduates at the typical high school (8 reporting)
Verified tuition: Christ School $37,795; Canterbury Classical School $8,000; Asheville Christian Academy $13,700
State program: Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
Public charter schools: 7 in the county, tuition-free and not counted here
Charter schools in North Carolina

Affiliation, 29 schools

Catholic1
Christian, not Catholic9
Other faiths1
Nonsectarian15
Not in federal survey3

Grade levels (overlapping), 29 schools

Pre-K (and up)14
Elementary (K to 5)18
Middle (6 to 8)19
High school (9 to 12)10
K to 12, one school6

School size, 23 reporting

Under 504
50 to 14911
150 to 2995
300 to 5992
600 or more1

On the Opportunity Scholarship list: 20 of 29

Buncombe County69%
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.
Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.

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