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West Buncombe Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 4

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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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
175 Erwin Hills Road
Asheville, NC 28806
Phone
(828) 232-4282
District
BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
550
Classroom Teachers
41

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

8

(10 is best)

Better than 78.2% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

West Buncombe Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
58%
52%
54%
47%
62%
57%
58%
52%
54%
47%
62%
57%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
64%
51%
60%
51%
67%
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
13
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 124 22.5%
Grade 1 104 18.9%
Grade 2 110 20.0%
Grade 3 117 21.3%
Grade 4 95 17.3%
Total 550 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 74.0% 69.8% 47.4%
Black 2.4% 7.1% 26.3%
Hispanic 21.5% 21.0% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 1.3% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.9% 0.8% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.6% 45.2% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 43.8% 39.8% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.8% 5.3% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 224,370 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 352.0 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.9% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 20.4% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 85,593 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.7% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.7% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.8% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.3% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.1% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.8% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 8.7% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,654 $157,493,526 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $671 $15,881,899 5.6%
Staff $496 $11,739,824 4.2%
General Administration $79 $1,869,851 0.7%
School Administration $668 $15,810,892 5.6%
Operation $878 $20,781,382 7.4%
Transportation $406 $9,609,614 3.4%
Other $264 $6,248,616 2.2%
Total Support $3,463 $81,965,747 29.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,813 $42,911,897 15.2%
Total Expenditures $11,930 $282,371,170 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%