FernLeaf

FernLeaf, a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus in Fletcher, North Carolina, part of FernLeaf Community Charter School, hosts 763 students, covering grades K through 11.

FernLeaf sits inside FernLeaf Community Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, FernLeaf records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Henderson County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, FernLeaf records 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.1:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Henderson County shows median household earnings sit near $68,187, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. FernLeaf is one of 25 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 13,572 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fletcher Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site. FernLeaf operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. FernLeaf's enrollment has increased 239% since 2018, when it stood at 225 (now 763). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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