Private school focusing on dyslexia is set to open next year at Elon University in North Carolina

Roberts Academy at Elon University, made possible by Hal and Marjorie Roberts, will be their fourth school on a college campus focused on children with dyslexia.
Nov. 12, 2025

Key Highlights

  • The school will open in fall 2026 with third and fourth graders; it plans to expand to grades 1-6 by fall 2028.
  • It will serve 150 to 200 students annually, with class sizes of no more than 12 children
  • Similar schools established by Hal and Marjorie Roberts operate at Florida Southern College and Vanderbilt and Mercer universities.
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Roberts Academy will be temporarily housed at Trollinger House until a permanent facility is built.

Elon University plans to open a school on its Elon, North Carolina, campus for children with dyslexia.

The university says the Roberts Academy at Elon University will be North Carolina’s only university-based private school for children with dyslexia; it is set to open in fall 2026.

The school will initially welcome third and fourth grade students in a temporary location at Trollinger House. Plans call for a construction of a permanent facility for grades one through six that would open in fall 2028.

The school expects between 150 and 200 students each year once fully enrolled; it will have no more than a dozen children per classroom.

The Roberts Academy at Elon University is intended to be a transitional school for two to three years of instruction before children return to their community schools.

Donations from Hal and Marjorie Roberts are enabling Elon to establish the Roberts Academy. It will be the fourth private school established by the couple to assist children with dyslexia.

Existing schools are at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee; Mercer University in Macon, Georgia; and Florida Southern College in Lakeland.

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Mike Kennedy has been writing about education for American School & University since 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.

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