Brevard Academy

Brevard Academy is the sole school in the Brevard Academy district, located in Pisgah Forest, NC, and serves grades K-8 with 435 students despite sometimes being labeled an elementary school. For 2025–2026, Brevard Academy ranks 358th out of 1,492 North Carolina schools (76th percentile) with a 4-star rating, and its district ranks 33rd out of 246 districts statewide—placing this single school in the top quarter of North Carolina schools.

The school’s standout strengths are reading and science. In 2025–2026, third-grade reading proficiency was 79.5% versus the state's 55.6%, and fourth-grade math reached 84.4% versus 61.4%. Eighth-grade science was especially impressive at 90.5% proficiency, nearly 22 points above the state average. Reading scores beat state averages in all six tested grade levels, and science beat state averages in both tested grades. Math, however, is more mixed: the school strongly outpaces the state in 3rd and 4th grade math but falls slightly below state averages in 5th, 6th, and 7th grade math, indicating that middle-grades mathematics is the clearest area for improvement.

The school’s ranking has fluctuated recently—from 326th in 2023–2024, to 473rd in 2024–2025, then back to 358th in 2025–2026—yet it consistently remains a top-quartile performer. Chronic absenteeism is 21.7%, below the state average of 24.2%, though more than one in five students still miss enough school to be considered chronically absent. Free/reduced lunch and demographic data are not reported, limiting insight into student subgroups. Overall, Brevard Academy is a high-performing K-8 school with strong reading, science, and early-grade instruction, while upper-elementary and middle-school math offers the greatest opportunity for future growth.