Charter agency · Avery County
Marjorie Williams Academy, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Marjorie Williams Academy runs 1 public school with 130 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 6.8 students per teacher is 9.5 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 130
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19
- Students per teacher
- 6.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 129 Allen Circle, Newland, NC 28657
- Phone
- (828)733-5241
- County
- Avery County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700077
- State district ID
- NC-06B
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district6.8
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (87), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $582,000
- State revenue
- $996,000
- Local revenue
- $309,000
- Total spending
- $1.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,023
- Salaries
- $1.2 million63.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 30.8%
- State: 52.8%
- Local: 16.4%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,023
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Marjorie Williams Academy
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Marjorie Williams AcademyCharter | Other | K to 12 | 130 | 6.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Avery County
- Avery County Schools 1,782 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.