Carolina Day School

Carolina Day School
Location
1345 Hendersonville Road

28803

United States
Coordinates35°31′20″N 82°31′48″W / 35.5223°N 82.5299°W / 35.5223; -82.5299
Information
TypePrivate
Established1987 (1987)
CEEB code340119
Head of schoolBen Farrell (Interim, Fall 2025 - Spring 2027)
Enrollment600
ColorsRed, white, blue
   
AthleticsNCISAA
MascotWilly the Wildcat
Annual tuitionPre-K and Kindergarten: $21,800 (Pre-K); $23,900 (K)

Grades 1-3: $27,400

Grades 4: $28,700

Grades 5-7: $30,500

Grade 8: $34,100

Grades 9-10: $36,200

Grades 11-12: $37,800

Key School (grades 2–8): $52,100
Websitecarolinaday.org

Carolina Day School is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory school serving grades pre-K through 12. The school is in the town of Biltmore Forest (a town completely encircled by Asheville, North Carolina). Carolina Day (CDS) is an independent, secular K-12 school, consisting of a lower (PK-5), middle (6-8), and upper school(9-12) and the Key School (2-8).

Key Schoolwas established in 1997 to provide a high-quality, innovative education for bright children with language-based learning differences, like dyslexia, dysgraphia, and/or dyscalculia. As a division of Carolina Day School, students and families who join Key School are an integrated and important part of community life at CDS. Key School uses the Orton-Gillingham method and offers small classes (Language classes are generally a 4:1 student teacher ratio) to support students and assist them in moving to self-advocacy and independence in learning.

Carolina Day School is a member of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools.