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Enka 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
475 Enka Lake Road
Candler, NC 28715
Phone
(828) 670-5000
District
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
990
Classroom Teachers
69

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

6

(10 is best)

Better than 50.7% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
50%
50%
57%
51%
42%
50%
50%
50%
57%
51%
42%
50%
    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
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 274 27.7%
Grade 10 263 26.6%
Grade 11 251 25.4%
Grade 12 202 20.4%
Total 990 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 78.0% 70.9% 48.2%
Black 2.3% 7.4% 26.3%
Hispanic 18.5% 19.7% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 1.3% 3.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.8% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 32.4% 41.2% 51.2%
Free lunch eligible 30.0% 37.3% 48.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.4% 3.8% 2.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 217,898 10,551,162
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 341.8 214
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.9% 32.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.8% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 20.4% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 87,101 4,034,684
Single Parent Households With Children 6.6% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 89.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.6% 33.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.2% 13.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.3% 14.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.7% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.3% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.2% 17.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.3% 13.7%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 10.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,654 $157,546,758 54.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $663 $15,697,851 5.5%
Staff $509 $12,051,593 4.2%
General Administration $79 $1,870,483 0.7%
School Administration $635 $15,034,895 5.2%
Operation $891 $21,096,207 7.3%
Transportation $409 $9,683,893 3.4%
Other $262 $6,203,374 2.2%
Total Support $3,448 $81,638,296 28.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,045 $48,419,465 16.8%
Total Expenditures $12,146 $287,580,842 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,279 $9,512,551,796 56.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $564 $854,397,531 5.0%
Staff $329 $498,205,494 2.9%
General Administration $163 $247,686,005 1.5%
School Administration $616 $932,587,439 5.5%
Operation $825 $1,249,784,873 7.4%
Transportation $419 $635,198,520 3.7%
Other $312 $472,868,113 2.8%
Total Support $3,228 $4,890,431,846 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,705 $2,582,312,208 15.2%
Total Expenditures $11,212 $16,985,065,695 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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