Mount Pisqah Academy
75 Academy Dr, Candler, NC 28715Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 96
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- Affiliation
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- From Asheville center
- 6.6 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
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 54% boys, 46% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 66%
- 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
- 100 to 96, down 4 (4%)
- Path
- Peaked at 112 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (28)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (20)
- Average a grade
- About 24
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against North Carolina
- Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.3 here; median 8.5 at 34 NC secondary schools
- Size in Buncombe County
- Larger than 7 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.
Mount Pisqah Academy tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 Mount Pisqah Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville-Pisgah Christian School ✓ | PreK-8 | 161 | <1 |
| The New Classical Academy ✓ | K-8 | 75 | 3 |
| Montessori Learning Community ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Eliada Academy | Ungraded | 14 | 4 |
| Emmanuel Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 109 | 4 |
| Canterbury Classical School ✓ | K-12 | 133 | 4 |
| Temple Baptist School ✓ | PreK-12 | 180 | 5 |
| Rainbow Community School ✓ | PreK-8 | 171 | 5 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near Asheville
- Christian schools in North Carolina
- Private high schools in North Carolina
- Seventh-day Adventist schools in North Carolina
- Private schools in Buncombe County
- North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship schools
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