Henderson County Career Academy

Henderson County Career Academy is a very small secondary school in Flat Rock, North Carolina, operated by Henderson County Schools. The school instructs 114 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 85% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Henderson County Schools comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 12,619 students; Henderson County Career Academy is among them.

On demographics, Henderson County Career Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Henderson County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Henderson County's rate of about 63%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Henderson County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,187 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Henderson County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,572 students), Henderson County Career Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Henderson County Early College, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Henderson County Career Academy's enrollment has edged down 39% since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 114). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 20% to 29%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

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