Across 8 schools in Asheville City Schools, 19.2% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 22.6 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.
Search North Carolina schools ›Average across the 8 schools in Asheville City Schools with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
Among the 8 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, SILSA reports 37.7% of Black students meeting the standard. Lucy S. Herring Elementary, in the same district, reports 6.7%. That is a 31-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.
Ranked by the share of Black students meeting grade level proficient+. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILSA | 73.5% | 37.7% | 82.1% | 84% | — |
| Isaac Dickson Elementary Magnet | 64.3% | 25% | 56.3% | 83.5% | — |
| Hall Fletcher Elementary Magnet | 50.9% | 22.4% | 43.2% | 63.1% | — |
| Claxton Elementary Magnet | 66% | 19.8% | 55% | 81.3% | — |
| Asheville High | 57.3% | 15.8% | 46.5% | 70.2% | — |
| Ira B Jones Elementary Magnet | 50.4% | 15.6% | 41.7% | 70.1% | — |
| Asheville Middle | 52.6% | 10.4% | 41% | 75.3% | 66.7% |
| Lucy S. Herring Elementary Magnet | 66.5% | 6.7% | 40.9% | 82.5% | — |
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