What families pay
$0
CCS-America tuition
No application fee.
$6,200–$36,000
Annual tuition at private schools alongside CCS in the 2025 CLT8 top 20.
Classical Charter Schools of America
Tuition-free classical public schools.
Educating over 2,500 students in Leland, Southport, Whiteville and Wilmington, North Carolina.
Open enrollment
Next open enrollment: the 2027–28 school year
Join the list for enrollment reminders. When enrollment opens, choose your campus and grade to begin.
- ApplyDecember 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027
- LotteryDate announced soon
- Offers and registrationYour campus shares the next steps
Not first-come, first-served. Every application received during open enrollment is included in the lottery if a grade has more applicants than seats.
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Join The ListAwards and recognition
Private-school results. Tuition-free.
Among more than 250 schools on the 2025 Classic Learning Test for eighth graders (CLT8), CCS Leland and CCS Whiteville were the only public schools in the top 20. Every other school in the top 20 charged tuition.
CCS Whiteville#3 in the nation · 2025 CLT8Award source CCS Leland#1 in the nation · 2025 CLT8Award source
Source: Columbus County News, "CCS Whiteville Earns National Honor" (Mar 18, 2025)
Year: 2025
Scope: In the nation, among 250+ schools
B CCS-America's own published claim or a reputable third party. Not yet re-verified against the original source.
Source: CCS report-card letter (published on all four campus sites)
Year: 2024–25
Scope: CCS-America, one of three schools or networks nationwide
B CCS-America's own published claim or a reputable third party. Not yet re-verified against the original source.
CCS Leland: #1 in the nation (2025 CLT8). Shares its placement with another school. CCS Whiteville: #3 in the nation (2025 CLT8). Shares its placement with another school.
CCS by the Numbers
17th
If our three K–8 schools
were one district
117
North Carolina
school systems
2024–25
Leland · Southport · Whiteville
Ready for high school, and ahead of it.
The CLT8 measures high-school readiness in reading, grammar and math. In 2025, two CCS-America K–8 schools ranked first and third in the nation.
Students at CCS Leland, CCS Southport and CCS Whiteville can also earn up to five high-school credits before ninth grade, so they start high school with courses already on their transcript.
#1
in the nation · 2025 CLT8
CCS Leland#3
in the nation · 2025 CLT8
CCS WhitevilleHow the credits work
Source: RBA K–8 Scope and Sequence (Aug 2026)
Year: 2026–27
Scope: CCS Leland, CCS Southport and CCS Whiteville. Placement and completion requirements apply.
B CCS-America's own published claim or a reputable third party. Not yet re-verified against the original source.
Before ninth gradeUp to five credits
- 1English IHigh-school credit
- 2Math IHigh-school credit
- 3Earth and Environmental ScienceHigh-school credit
- 4Latin IHigh-school credit
- 5Latin IIHigh-school credit
Offered at Leland, Southport and Whiteville. Placement and completion requirements apply.
See it for yourself
Watch two of our schools in their own videos, and hear what one CCS Leland parent values most.
CCS Leland, K–8
The original CCS campus, opened in 2000, in its own video.
What Joshua Goodson values most: a classical curriculum taught alongside “honesty, integrity, and respect.”
Joshua Goodson, CCS Leland parent. From the CCS Leland admissions page.
CCS Whiteville, K–8
Columbus County's nationally ranked classical school, in its own words.
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