Schools · Asheville
Asheville, NC schools
Asheville’s public schools score above North Carolina’s averages: 50% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 11 elementary schools through grade 5, then Valley Springs Middle or Enka Middle and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Asheville’s School Grade: B
The public schools Asheville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
BTest scoresBGraduation
North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (320)Better than 75%
High confidence. Built on 13,175 tested students and a graduating class of 1,998; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Asheville kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Buncombe County)50%
State average 47.2%
Reading (Asheville City)55%
State average 47.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Buncombe County)45%
State average 41.9%
Math (Asheville City)39%
State average 41.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
NC: 87.7%
Graduating class
1,998
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Asheville
Buncombe County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 45 schools · 22,452 students
$13,828 per studentNC $13,045BAsheville City SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 8 schools · 3,960 students
$17,958 per studentNC $13,045BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Asheville is home to 4 colleges
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Asheville4,301on campusUniversity of North Carolina AshevilleUniversity or college · Public · Asheville2,891on campusGalen Health Institutes-AshevilleUniversity or college · For-profit · Asheville183on campus
All 4 colleges in Asheville →Daoist Traditions College of Chinese Medical ArtsUniversity or college · For-profit · Asheville91on campus
Every school
All 39 schools in Asheville
Showing 1–30 of 39 schools
Estes ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 754 students
C+PublicSand Hill-Venable ElemElementary · Grades PK–4 · 590 students
B-PublicOakley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 502 students
C+PublicEvergreen Community CharterElementary · Grades K–8 · 430 students
A-CharterClaxton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 405 students
BPublicHaw Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 402 students
BPublicIsaac Dickson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 390 students
B+PublicIra B Jones ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
CPublicHall Fletcher ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 318 students
CPublicLucy S. Herring ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 255 students
B-PublicBell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 224 students
BPublicJohnston ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 217 students
D-PublicFrancine Delany New SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 193 students
B+CharterAsheville PEAK AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 161 students
CharterMountain City Public MontessoriElementary · Grades K–7 · 137 students
CharterAsheville Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 246 students
PrivateEmmanuel Lutheran SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 236 students
PrivateRainbow Community SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 207 students
PrivateAsheville Waldorf SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 129 students
PrivateNativity Preschool & KindergartenElementary · Grades K · 90 students
PrivateHanger Hall SchoolElementary · Grades 6–8 · 83 students
PrivateThe New Classical AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 75 students
PrivateJulia Street Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 25 students
PrivateKoontz IntermediateMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 725 students
B-PublicAsheville MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 670 students
B-PublicValley Springs MiddleMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 654 students
B+PublicEnka MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 588 students
B-PublicRoberson HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,479 students
APublicAsheville HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,221 students
A-PublicThe Franklin School of InnovationHigh · Grades 5–12 · 717 students
B+CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.