Carolina Day School
1345 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC 28803Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 587
- Students per teacher
- 7.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Asheville center
- 3.4 miles
Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?
Not on the Opportunity Scholarship list we read
- About the list
- How the Opportunity Scholarship list works
- Applying
- The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.
Source: Opportunity Scholarship official source, read October 26, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 83
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 96%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 595 to 587, down 8 (1%)
- Path
- Dipped to 566 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (58)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (29)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 45
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 182
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,370
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against North Carolina
- 2 days longer than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.5 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools
- Size in Buncombe County
- Larger than 21 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.
Carolina Day School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $8,000 to $37,795 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Carolina Day School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it takes Opportunity Scholarship; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christ School | $37,795 | 2026-27 | 4.8 |
| Canterbury Classical School | $8,000 to $8,700 | 2026-27 | 5.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville Waldorf School ✓ | PreK-8 | 104 | 2 |
| Nativity Preschool & Kindergarten | K-Transitional K | 90 | 5 |
| Christ School ✓ | 8-12 | 301 | 5 |
| Rainbow Community School ✓ | PreK-8 | 171 | 5 |
| Trinity of Fairview Academy ✓ | PreK-11 | 106 | 5 |
| Canterbury Classical School ✓ | K-12 | 133 | 5 |
| Canongate Catholic High School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
| The New Classical Academy ✓ | K-8 | 75 | 5 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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