American Renaissance School

American Renaissance School is a high-enrollment K-5 school in Statesville, North Carolina, one of the schools within American Renaissance School. The school works with 823 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so American Renaissance School sits 76% bigger than that benchmark.

American Renaissance School sits inside American Renaissance School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, American Renaissance School records that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Iredell County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Iredell County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,419 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Iredell County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,906 students), of which American Renaissance School is one.

The closest other public school is Collaborative College for Technology, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around American Renaissance School.

American Renaissance School operates from a small-town location. American Renaissance School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 50%: 547 students in 2018 compared to 823 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 52% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.