The Mountain Community School

Summary:

The Mountain Community School is the sole public charter school serving grades K-8 in Hendersonville, North Carolina. This standout school is ranked in the top 29% of elementary schools statewide, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and a district rank in the top 20% in North Carolina.

The Mountain Community School excels in several key academic areas, outperforming the state average in 4th grade math (76.2% vs 58.9%) and reading (81% vs 58.1%) proficiency, as well as 8th grade science (87.5% vs 60.1%). However, the school lags the state average in 3rd grade math (61.9% vs 64.1%) and 7th grade reading (40.9% vs 51.9%). With a student-teacher ratio of 13.7, the school benefits from smaller class sizes compared to the state average.

The Mountain Community School has shown consistent performance improvements, rising from a statewide ranking of 507 in 2023-2024 to 432 in 2024-2025. This suggests the school is making steady progress, particularly in the early elementary grades where it excels in math and reading. While the school's 7th grade reading proficiency is an area for potential improvement, overall The Mountain Community School appears to be a high-performing charter school within the The Mountain Community School district.

District Detail

613 Glover Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792

(828) 696-8480

SchoolDigger Rank:
50^th of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: K-8
Students: 190

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Total
The Mountain Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	613 Glover Street	Hendersonville	28792	Henderson County	The Mountain Community School	Yes	No	No	No	(828) 696-8480	190	13	14.1		158 (83.2%)	2 (1.1%)	17 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.8%)	67.8	432^nd of 1490 public elementary schools	71.0%		64	507^th of 1505 public elementary schools	66.3%	75	61.9	76.2	52.4	65.2	50.0	50.0	61.9	81.0	57.1	65.2	40.9	62.5	57.1	87.5

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Henderson County Schools	1.24 mi	23	86^th
Polk County Schools	7.66 mi	7	41^st
FernLeaf Community Charter School	8.44 mi	1
Buncombe County Schools	11.23 mi	45	125^th
Brevard Academy	14.09 mi	1	29^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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