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For the 2026 school year, there are 12 private preschools with special program emphasis serving 2,024 students in North Carolina.

The top-ranked with special program emphasis private preschools in North Carolina include Veritas Christian Academy, Emerson Waldorf School, and St. Pauls Episcopal Preschool.

The average acceptance rate is 85%, which is higher than the North Carolina private preschool average acceptance rate of 80%.

42% of private preschools with special program emphasis in North Carolina are religiously affiliated (most commonly Baptist and Episcopal).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.