Canterbury Classical School
PO Box 16981, Asheville, NC 28816Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $8,000
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 133
- Students per teacher
- 9.6
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Asheville center
- 2.3 miles
Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?
✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.
Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Tuition
- $8,000 (grades 6 to 8, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $3,574 to $7,942
- Left to pay
- about $58 to $4,426, before fees
- How the award is set
- Four income tiers: the top figure is the lowest-income tier, the bottom figure the highest-income tier.
Award $3,574 to $7,942 Left to pay $58 to $4,426
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 11, 2026.
- Award: NCSEAA, Opportunity Scholarship award tiers 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 23
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- City
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 73 to 133, up 60 (82%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (123 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 and grade 4 (16 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 5; lower grades 13
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 169
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,150
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against North Carolina
- 11 days shorter than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- 10 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.6 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools
- Size in Buncombe County
- Larger than 14 of 22 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Canterbury Classical School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $8,000
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $8,700
- By grade
- Rates vary within these bands (details below)
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Canterbury Classical School's website, checked October 11, 2026.
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship
- Award
- $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
- How it varies
- Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Canterbury Classical School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades 6 to 8, 2026-27).
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 Opportunity Scholarship award for that grade band (the lower end; yours may be higher).
- Change them for your child’s grade.
- Ask the school
- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Community School ✓ | PreK-8 | 171 | <1 |
| Temple Baptist School ✓ | PreK-12 | 180 | <1 |
| Emmanuel Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 109 | <1 |
| Montessori Learning Community ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| The New Classical Academy ✓ | K-8 | 75 | 2 |
| Eliada Academy | Ungraded | 14 | 2 |
| Odyssey Community School ✓ | PreK-12 | 121 | 3 |
| Hawthorn Montessori School | PreK-K | 17 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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