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High · Alternative · Grades 6 to 12

The Summit Academy, Marion, NC

The Summit Academy is a public high school in Marion, part of McDowell County Schools. It enrolled 23 students in 2024-25, with 5.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
23
Teachers (FTE)
4.0
Students per teacher
5.8
Grades
6 to 12

This school's ratio is 9.4 lower than the district figure of 15.2. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school5.8
District15.2
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
75 Crawford St, Marion, NC 28752
Phone
(828)652-1266
District
McDowell County Schools
County
McDowell County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
New
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
370294003676
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
20
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
2087.0% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in McDowell 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.