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Asheville High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
419 Mc Dowell Street
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone
(828) 350-2500
District
Asheville City Schools
County
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1166
Classroom Teachers
83

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.6% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Asheville High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
52%
47%
70%
58%
34%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 11 0.9%
Grade 9 312 26.8%
Grade 10 303 26.0%
Grade 11 266 22.8%
Grade 12 274 23.5%
Total 1166 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 70.2% 67.2% 46.6%
Black 17.5% 20.7% 26.2%
Hispanic 9.2% 9.7% 21.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.3% 1.0% 4.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.8% 1.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 33.4% 41.7% 59.0%
Free lunch eligible 31.8% 40.3% 56.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.6% 1.5% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 41,968 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,907.9 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.1% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.6% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 19.1% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 17,489 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 6.0% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.4% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 61.5% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.5% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.0% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.6% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.9% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 11.1% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,970 $37,110,000 57.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $819 $3,390,000 5.2%
Staff $1,054 $4,361,000 6.7%
General Administration $305 $1,263,000 1.9%
School Administration $848 $3,507,000 5.4%
Operation $1,412 $5,843,000 9.0%
Transportation $172 $710,000 1.1%
Other $779 $3,222,000 5.0%
Total Support $5,389 $22,296,000 34.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,343 $5,558,000 8.6%
Total Expenditures $15,703 $64,964,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,564 $10,129,255,000 56.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $623 $960,884,000 5.4%
Staff $394 $608,502,000 3.4%
General Administration $179 $276,069,000 1.5%
School Administration $651 $1,005,083,000 5.6%
Operation $803 $1,239,070,000 6.9%
Transportation $337 $520,307,000 2.9%
Other $350 $540,157,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,338 $5,150,072,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,737 $2,680,931,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $11,639 $17,960,258,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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