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French Broad River Academy Boys Program

1990 Riverside Dr, Asheville, NC 28804Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
6-8
Students (K-12)
125
Students per teacher
4.9
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
From Asheville center
5.2 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

Net cost
Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

School facts

Teachers
26
Student body
Coeducational
Program
Special program emphasis
Boys and girls
53% boys, 47% girls
Setting
Suburb

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

72 2019-20 72 2021-22 125 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
72 to 125, up 53 (74%)
Path
Held at 72 to 2021-22, then rose

Students by grade, 2023-24

35 6 45 7 45 8
Largest grade
Grade 7 and grade 8 (45 each)
Smallest grade
Grade 6 (35)
Average a grade
About 42

The school year

Days in the school year
186
Length of the school day
7 hours 10 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,330
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
No
Year, against North Carolina
6 days longer than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
School day, against North Carolina
10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 4.9 NC median 8.8
Students per teacher
This school 125 County median 116
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
4.9 here; median 8.8 at 175 NC elementary schools
Size in Buncombe County
Larger than 13 of 22 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 90% Two or more races 10% Asian under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

French Broad River Academy Boys Program tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
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

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Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
French Broad River Academy-Girls Program6-8594Nonsectarian, all-girls<1
Reynolds Mountain Christian Acadeny ✓PreK-122039.9Christian (nondenominational)2
Hawthorn Montessori SchoolPreK-K174.4Nonsectarian2
Asheville Montessori School ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey2
Odyssey Community School ✓PreK-121215.4Nonsectarian2
Eliada AcademyUngraded143.5Nonsectarian3
Asheville Catholic School ✓PreK-822213.1Roman Catholic3
Hanger Hall School6-88311.2Nonsectarian, all-girls3

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