Charter agency · Swain County
Mountain Discovery Charter School, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Mountain Discovery Charter School runs 1 public school with 221 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 17.0 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 221
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 890 Jenkins Branch Rd N, Bryson City, NC 28713
- Phone
- (828)488-1222
- County
- Swain County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700129
- State district ID
- NC-87A
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district17.0
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 (188), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $153,000
- State revenue
- $1.5 million
- Local revenue
- $269,000
- Total spending
- $1.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,574
- Salaries
- $991,00055.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 78.3%
- Local: 13.8%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,574
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Mountain Discovery Charter School
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mountain DiscoveryCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 221 | 17.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Swain County
- Swain County Schools 1,872 students
- Cherokee Central Schools
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.