Shelby High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 792 students
Turning Point Academy
409 West Sumter Street, Shelby, NC 28150
Grades
6–12
High
Students
142
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
11.8 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Cleveland County Schools
Cleveland County
Not graded
Alternative schools serve students whose needs a regular school could not meet, and states hold them to separate accountability rules, so we don't rank them against regular schools. How we grade
About Turning Point Academy
Turning Point Academy is an alternative high school in Shelby, North Carolina, serving grades 6–12. It is part of Cleveland County Schools. The school is located in a town in Cleveland County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 142 students were enrolled, with about 11.8 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina high school (18.0 students per teacher).
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 6–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Alternative School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 6–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 142 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.8 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Virtual learning
- Offers virtual courses
- Locale
- Town — Distant
- School district
- Cleveland County Schools
- County
- Cleveland County
- NCES school ID
- 370090002708
Schools near Turning Point Academy
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.