Iredell Charter Academy of Arts & Scienc

Schools in Iredell Charter Academy of Arts & Scienc consist of just one campus: Iredell Charter Academy of Arts &Science, a K–8 charter school in Troutman, North Carolina, serving 795 students. Although it’s categorized as an elementary school, its grade span runs from kindergarten through eighth grade, and because it operates as its own district there are no other local schools for side-by-side comparison. The most telling benchmarks are therefore North Carolina state averages, grade-level subject results, and year-over-year changes across two years of EOG testing in math, reading, and science.

The school’s most impressive results are in upper-grade science and reading. In 2025–2026, 8th grade science proficiency reached 83.6%, a striking 15 points above the state average of 68.6% and a huge jump from the previous year’s 52.2%. Seventh and 8th grade reading both edged past the state average, and 7th grade math was the only math score above the state norm. Yet the school overall remains below the state average, with a simple average of all EOG scores of 55.2% versus the state’s 59.4%, although it narrowed the gap from the prior year. The school also reports lower chronic absenteeism than the state (21.0% versus 24.2%) while serving a majority economically disadvantaged population, with 55.35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

The clearest areas of concern are math and 5th grade. Math proficiency across all tested grades averaged 52.7% compared with 59.9% statewide, and 5th graders lagged the state dramatically in every subject, including math at 42.7% versus 62.9%, reading at 47.9% versus 55.3%, and science at 51.0% versus 67.7%. Large swings between years, such as an 8th grade science gain of 31 points and a 4th grade math gain of nearly 18 points, suggest cohort effects rather than consistent schoolwide improvement. Finally, the reported student-teacher ratio of 40.1 to 1 is unusually high and worth verifying, since staffing challenges could help explain weaknesses in math and lower-grade instruction.