37 Special Education Schools in North Carolina by City

Special education schools in North Carolina at a glance

Share of the state’s private schools: 5%, 37 of 730
Towns: 22; the most in Charlotte (7), Raleigh (4) and Cary (3)
Counties: 17 with at least one
Students: about 2,178 in all; the typical school has 48
Smallest and largest: Premier Service of Carolina, 12 students; The Fletcher School, 292 students
Students per teacher: 4.8 typical, 2.3 to 16 across 35 schools
Co-ed or single-sex: 3 all-boys; the rest co-ed
To a 4-year college: 50% of graduates at the typical high school (16 reporting)
Verified tuition: The Fletcher School $34,650; Hope Creek Academy $30,000; Epiphany School of Charlotte $27,500; The John Crosland School $28,464
State program: Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works

Affiliation, 37 schools

Christian, not Catholic3
Other faiths1
Nonsectarian33

Grade levels (overlapping), 37 schools

Pre-K (and up)4
Elementary (K to 5)27
Middle (6 to 8)29
High school (9 to 12)26
K to 12, one school7

School size, 35 reporting

Under 5019
50 to 14913
150 to 2993

On the Opportunity Scholarship list: 26 of 37

Special education schools70%
All private schools in 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 4 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.

By city

The 37 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
The Fletcher School ✓	Charlotte	K-12	292	4.9	Nonsectarian
The Fletcher Academy ✓	Raleigh	2-12	206	5	Nonsectarian
Hill Learning Center ✓	Durham	2-12	176	6.3	Nonsectarian
Noble Academy ✓	Greensboro	2-12	145	5.2	Nonsectarian
Flaming Sword Christian Academy ✓	Hope Mills	PreK-12	103	8.2	Christian (nondenominational)
The John Crosland School ✓	Charlotte	K-12	97	5.4	Nonsectarian
The Piedmont School ✓	High Point	2-12	85	4.5	Nonsectarian
Great Accomplishments Academy ✓	Wilson	K-12	72	10.3	Nonsectarian
Lionheart Academy of the Triad ✓	Greensboro	4-12	70	9.9	Nonsectarian
Hope Creek Academy ✓	Chapel Hill	K-12	69	3.3	Nonsectarian
Hill School of Wilmington ✓	Wilmington	1-8	65	5.6	Nonsectarian
The School of Hope ✓	Fayetteville	K-12	62	4.6	Nonsectarian
Philips Academy	Charlotte	6-12	55	4.6	Nonsectarian
Impact Journey School ✓	Greensboro	1-11	53	2.6	Nonsectarian
Ignite Achievement Academy ✓	Charlotte	1-12	53	3.4	Nonsectarian
ABC of NC Child Development Center	Winston Salem	PreK-12	53	3.8	Nonsectarian
Crossway Academy ✓	Charlotte	K-8	49	7	Nonsectarian
The Greenville Learning Center ✓	Greenville	2-12	48	6.4	Nonsectarian
The Trilogy School ✓	Raleigh	2-12	45	3.7	Nonsectarian
Southeastern Autism Academy ✓	Wilmington	2-12	43	14.3	Nonsectarian
Five Points Education Training Center	Kinston	6-11	38	9.5	Nonsectarian
Learn With the Best School ✓	Raleigh	1-12	36	5.1	Nonsectarian
The Halton School ✓	Huntersville	2-8	32	4.8	Nonsectarian
Cornerstone Christian Academy ✓	Hickory	3-11	29	4.4	Baptist
Cyzner Institute ✓	Charlotte	PreK-8	27	13.5	Nonsectarian
Epiphany School of Charlotte ✓	Charlotte	4-8	20	4	Nonsectarian
Black Mountain Academy	Black Mountain	9-12	20	2.9	Nonsectarian, all-boys
Wolf Creek Academy	Mars Hill	7-12	19	4.8	Other religious
True Abalities Lrng. Academy	Cary	Ungraded	19	2.7	Nonsectarian
Lucy Daniels School ✓	Cary	PreK-5	16	2.7	Nonsectarian
Westlawn ✓	Winston Salem	Ungraded	16	2.9	Nonsectarian
St. Gerard House (Grotto 2)	Hendersonville	Ungraded	16	16	Nonsectarian
Mariposa School ✓	Cary	4-12	14	not reported	Nonsectarian
Eliada Academy	Asheville	Ungraded	14	3.5	Nonsectarian
Premier Service of Carolina	Albemarle	9-10	12	7.5	Nonsectarian, all-boys
Frankie Lemmon School & Development Center	Raleigh	1	7	2.3	Nonsectarian
Faith Academy	Forest City	8-9	2	not reported	Christian (nondenominational), all-boys

Other kinds of school in North Carolina

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