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.
2027–28 school year
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All four campuses
Leland · Southport · Whiteville · Wilmington
Private-school results. Tuition-free.
Leland and Whiteville: the only public schools in the 2025 CLT8 top 20.
CCS Whiteville#3 in the nation2025 CLT8 CCS Leland#1 in the nation2025 CLT8 CCS-AmericaSilver Star School2024–2025
CCS by the Numbers
17th
If our three K–8 schools
were one district
117
North Carolina
school systems
2024–25
Leland · Southport · Whiteville
High school readiness
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.
2025 CLT8 national rankings
- #1CCS Leland
- #3CCS Whiteville
How 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.
Up to 5 High-school credits before ninth grade
- English I
- Math I
- Earth and Environmental Science
- Latin I
- Latin II
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.
CCS Whiteville, K–8
Columbus County's nationally ranked classical school, in its own words.
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What Joshua Goodson values most: a classical curriculum taught alongside “honesty, integrity, and respect.”
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