Piedmont Classical High School

Piedmont Classical High School operates as a low-enrollment high school in BROWNS SUMMIT, North Carolina, overseen by Piedmont Classical High School. Current enrollment sits at 478 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Piedmont Classical High School sits 37% below that benchmark.

Piedmont Classical High School sits inside Piedmont Classical High School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Piedmont Classical High School reports that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 13% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Piedmont Classical High School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Guilford County) logs that median household earnings sit near $68,642, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Guilford County's 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 79,539 students), Piedmont Classical High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ronald E. McNair Elementary, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Piedmont Classical High School.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Piedmont Classical High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Piedmont Classical High School's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 478). White enrollment moved from 46% to 13% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.