Summary:
The Mountain City Public Montessori district has just one campus, Mountain City Public Montessori, located in Asheville, NC. That one school serves 137 students in grades K–8—elementary and middle grades combined—and because the district is just this campus, district-level figures are identical to the school’s.
Academically, the school has a split profile. Reading is a clear strength: in 2025-26, the school averaged 65.6% proficient against a 55.9% state average, and it beat the state at 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 8th grades. Science is strong too, with 5th graders at 75% and 8th graders at 80% proficient, both above state averages. Math, however, lags badly in every grade and every year. The 2025-26 math average was 34.7% versus 60.8% statewide, a 26-point gap, and the shortfall grows in upper grades: 5th grade was 25% vs 62.9%, and only 20% of 8th graders were proficient compared with 53% statewide. Even the smallest 2025-26 gap, in 3rd grade, was still 13.8 points below the state.
The school’s overall rating reflects that split: it holds 2 SchoolDigger stars in both years and ranked near the 44th percentile statewide (839 of 1,492 in 2025-26, 831 of 1,490 in 2024-25). Chronic absenteeism is a bit better than average at 19.5% vs the state’s 24.2%. Families should also keep the small size in mind; grade-level cohorts average roughly 15 students, so a swing of one or two children can cause big changes in proficiency. That explains why 5th grade Reading dropped from 84.6% to 58.3% while 3rd grade Reading rose from 54.5% to 73.7% between the two school years. The bottom line: a strong reading and science school with a serious math problem, particularly in grades 5–8, and that math deficit is the most urgent opportunity for improvement.
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