Gray Stone Day School in
Misenheimer, North Carolina
Misenheimer is an incorporated village in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States. It is in the southern Piedmont region of North Carolina, near the city of Richfield. The population was 728 as of the 2010 Census.
The college town is domina ...
, named for Gray Stone Inn in Misenheimer, opened in Fall 2002, is a
charter
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high school
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and
middle school
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. Previously located in
Pfeiffer University
Pfeiffer University is a private university in Misenheimer, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
History
Pfeiffer originated from a home school operated by Miss Emily Prudden in the late 19th century. The schoo ...
's Harris Building, its philosophy has been "what better way to prepare for college than on a college campus". Gray Stone began planning for its own facility in 2005. Pfeiffer donated 18 acres of land and groundbreaking took place in April 2010. On January 4, 2011, Gray Stone students moved into a new $7 million, building. In 2012 the school opened a new wing of classrooms to accommodate the largest freshman class in school history.
The first students graduated in 2005, and over 96 percent of graduates have gone to college. 440 students from seven counties attend the high school as of 2016, about half of those coming from
Stanly County and a fourth from
Rowan County.
[
Gray Stone was recognized by '']Newsweek
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'' as North Carolina's top high school in 2014.
On May 11, 2016, Gray Stone announced a campaign to raise $1.5 million for a $3.9 million middle school building to house 375 students, to be located next to the high school.
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Schools in Stanly County, North Carolina
Public high schools in North Carolina