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Black student results in Buncombe County Schools

Across 30 schools in Buncombe County Schools, 34.2% of Black students meet grade level proficient+. That is 7.6 points below the North Carolina average for Black students.

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51.6%
All students
34.2%
Black
38%
Hispanic
61.5%
White
75.7%
Asian

Average across the 30 schools in Buncombe County 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.

The distance inside one district

Among the 22 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Sand Hill-Venable Elem reports 44.4% of Black students meeting the standard. Johnston Elementary, in the same district, reports 14.7%. That is a 29.7-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Buncombe County Schools

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.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
North Buncombe High 59.8% 90.9% 36.6% 65%
Black Mountain Elementary 57.3% 57.1% 61.5% 58.2%
Glen Arden Elementary 70.6% 56.3% 57.1% 73.9%
North Windy Ridge Intermediate 64.1% 50% 41.3% 71.1% 50%
West Buncombe Elementary 71.1% 50% 48.1% 79.2% 90%
Sand Hill-Venable Elem 45.7% 44.4% 33.8% 53.4%
Reynolds High 60.3% 43.8% 49.1% 67% 95%
Bell Elementary 64.5% 42.9% 60% 71.6%
Cane Creek Middle 71% 41.9% 56.7% 74.4%
Candler Elementary 60.3% 41.7% 50% 67.2%
Roberson High 58.7% 40% 39.4% 76.4% 67.9%
Emma Elementary 37.6% 38.5% 29.8% 48.1%
Enka Middle 41.7% 37.1% 28.5% 47.6%
Enka Intermediate 51.8% 33.3% 37.2% 58.3% 94.4%
Avery's Creek Elementary 46.6% 32.6% 34.5% 61.6%
Valley Springs Middle 58.3% 29.5% 42.5% 72.4% 85.5%
Haw Creek Elementary 64.4% 26.8% 59.3% 78%
Owen High 50.7% 26.3% 38.1% 56.5%
Estes Elementary 56.1% 25% 27.2% 78.2% 68.8%
Eblen Intermediate 40.6% 23.6% 30.2% 50%
Owen Middle 41.4% 22.6% 37.2% 44.1%
Erwin High 32.5% 22.6% 26% 41.1%
Enka High 47.5% 21.7% 38.5% 52.4%
Williams Elementary 40.1% 21.4% 29.8% 48.5%
Koontz Intermediate 53.5% 20.2% 31.6% 70.7% 69%
Black Mountain Primary 50% 20% 18.2% 57.3%
Erwin Middle 35.9% 19.2% 26.1% 45.4%
Oakley Elementary 37.5% 15.4% 23.8% 59%
Reynolds Middle 51.2% 15.3% 31.7% 71.6% 60.9%
Johnston Elementary 27.5% 14.7% 17.4% 48.1%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. North Carolina suppresses results above 95% or below 5% to protect student privacy. Those schools are shown at the 95% or 5% boundary and are excluded from headline statistics. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, North Carolina figures should not be compared against another state's.

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