Charter agency · Gaston County
Mountain Island Charter, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Mountain Island Charter runs 1 public school with 1,782 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.8 students per teacher is 2.5 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 1,782
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95
- Students per teacher
- 18.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 13440 Lucia Riverbend Highway, Mt. Holly, NC 28120
- Phone
- (704)827-8840
- County
- Gaston County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700317
- State district ID
- NC-36C
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 356 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district18.8
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 (1,589), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $14.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $427,000
- State revenue
- $9.8 million
- Local revenue
- $4.3 million
- Total spending
- $14.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,201
- Salaries
- $8.3 million56.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.9%
- State: 67.5%
- Local: 29.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,201
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Mountain Island Charter
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mountain Island Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 1,782 | 18.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Gaston County
- Gaston County Schools 30,995 students
- Piedmont Community Charter 1,963 students
- Community Charter School 858 students
- Dogwood Classical Academy
- Ridgeview Charter School
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.