The school has brought together a diverse variety of students who are admitted through a non-weighted lottery system.

Lake Norman Charter is divided into 3 schools: Lake Norman Charter has high academic standards and is primarily a college preparatory school.

Lake Norman Charter offers 16 Advanced placement courses and 82% of the students in those classes pass the AP exam.

College enrollment: 96% of the Class of 2017 went on to pursue a post- secondary degree (78% in 4-year college/university, 18% in 2-year college/technical school); 9% enlisted in the military or took a gap year.

Lake Norman Charter's (Middle School) math team regularly competes in the AMC 8 (American Mathematics Competition) and Mathcounts.