Brevard High

Set in Brevard, North Carolina, Brevard High is an average-sized high school, one of the schools within Transylvania County Schools. It enrolls 799 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within Transylvania County Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 3,205 students, Brevard High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Brevard High reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Transylvania County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brevard High has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brevard High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Transylvania County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,184, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Transylvania County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,640 students), of which Brevard High is one.

The closest other public school is Brevard Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Brevard High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brevard High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 746 students in 2018 compared to 799 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 6% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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