Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8
Mountain Discovery, Bryson City, NC
Charter schoolMountain Discovery is a public elementary school in Bryson City, part of Mountain Discovery Charter School. It enrolled 221 students in 2024-25, with 17.0 students per full-time teacher.
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 221
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- Grades
- K to 8
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.0. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
This school17.0
District17.0
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
School details
- Address
- 890 Jenkins Branch Rd N, Bryson City, NC 28713
- Phone
- (828)488-1222
- County
- Swain County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- Yes
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- NCES school ID
- 370012902614
Related schools
Elementary schools elsewhere in Bryson City
- Swain County West Elementary Swain County Schools
- Swain County East Elementary Swain County Schools
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.