Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the campus lies on 230 acres (93 ha) of property.[2] It was founded in 1914[3] as a private academy, by E.C. Waller, William Steinman, and C.A. Graves with their families,[4] and originally called the Pisgah Industrial Institute.[5][6] In 1952, its ownership was transferred to the Carolina Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist church, and it was given its present name.[7]
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[8][9][10][11]
The current principal at the academy is Dewald Coetzer.[12][13]
For the 2023-2024 school year, it had an enrollment of 90 students.[14]
^Wendell Simons (May 2008). "Mount Pisgah Academy Choirs Perform in Bermuda"(PDF). Atlantic Union Gleaner (Atlantic Union Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church). Archived from the original(PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2010.("Mount Pisgah Academy was started in the year 1914 and is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is a co-ed boarding academy, with grades nine to twelve, and has an enrollment of 140 students from various countries,
such as Russia, Korea, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Their main focus is on service.")
This list is incomplete. Western Carolina University has its main campus in Cullowhee, North Carolina, which is in Jackson County but operates an additional campus in Asheville. The Buncombe County Schools system serves portions of the city of Asheville and operates three high schools within its city limits.