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The public schools with the most Black students in Buncombe County, North Carolina

56 public schools in Buncombe County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the public schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Roberson High leads the list at 179, against a median of 27 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Buncombe County, North Carolina

Top Black students

179

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Roberson High	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	1,479	12.1%	179
2	Asheville High	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	1,221	14.2%	173
3	Asheville Middle	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	670	21.6%	145
4	Reynolds High	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	1,169	11.4%	133
5	Oakley Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	502	23.9%	120
6	Asheville PEAK Academy	Asheville, NC	Asheville PEAK Academy	161	67.7%	109
7	Reynolds Middle	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	490	20.8%	102
8	Estes Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	754	13.3%	100
9	Ira B Jones Elementary	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	369	26.3%	97
10	Erwin High	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	1,013	9.3%	94
11	Koontz Intermediate	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	725	11.6%	84
12	Hall Fletcher Elementary	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	318	23.9%	76
13	Isaac Dickson Elementary	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	390	19.2%	75
14	Valley Springs Middle	Arden, NC	Buncombe County Schools	654	10.9%	71
15	SILSA	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	332	19.3%	64
16	Haw Creek Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	402	15.2%	61
17	Avery's Creek Elementary	Arden, NC	Buncombe County Schools	557	10.1%	56
18	Claxton Elementary	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	405	13.1%	53
19	Eblen Intermediate	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	566	8.7%	49
20	Sand Hill-Venable Elem	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	590	7.3%	43
21	Francine Delany New School	Asheville, NC	Francine Delany New School	193	21.2%	41
22	Johnston Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	217	18.9%	41
23	Erwin Middle	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	545	7.3%	40
24	Enka High	Candler, NC	Buncombe County Schools	1,051	3.8%	40
25	Emma Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	277	13.0%	36
26	Lucy S. Herring Elementary	Asheville, NC	Asheville City Schools	255	12.9%	33
27	Enka Middle	Candler, NC	Buncombe County Schools	588	4.8%	28
28	Community High School	Swannanoa, NC	Buncombe County Schools	127	22.1%	28
29	The Franklin School of Innovation	Asheville, NC	The Franklin School of Innovation	717	3.5%	25
30	Owen High	Black Mountain, NC	Buncombe County Schools	649	3.9%	25
31	Glen Arden Elementary	Arden, NC	Buncombe County Schools	505	5.0%	25
32	Bell Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	224	10.3%	23
33	Enka Intermediate	Candler, NC	Buncombe County Schools	585	3.8%	22
34	West Buncombe Elementary	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	580	3.6%	21
35	Candler Elementary	Candler, NC	Buncombe County Schools	381	5.3%	20
36	Williams Elementary	Swannanoa, NC	Buncombe County Schools	451	4.4%	20
37	Cane Creek Middle	Fletcher, NC	Buncombe County Schools	499	3.4%	17
38	Owen Middle	Swannanoa, NC	Buncombe County Schools	457	3.3%	15
39	Black Mountain Primary	Black Mountain, NC	Buncombe County Schools	351	4.0%	14
40	Early College	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	271	3.7%	10
41	North Buncombe High	Weaverville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	896	1.0%	9
42	North Buncombe Elementary	Weaverville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	593	1.5%	9
43	Fairview Elementary	Fairview, NC	Buncombe County Schools	646	1.2%	8
44	Leicester Elementary	Leicester, NC	Buncombe County Schools	399	2.0%	8
45	Weaverville Elementary	Weaverville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	342	2.0%	7
46	Black Mountain Elementary	Black Mountain, NC	Buncombe County Schools	163	4.3%	7
47	Hominy Valley Elementary	Candler, NC	Buncombe County Schools	399	1.5%	6
48	North Windy Ridge Intermediate	Weaverville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	487	1.0%	5
49	Mountain City Public Montessori	Asheville, NC	Mountain City Public Montessori	137	3.6%	5
50	Nesbitt Discovery Academy	Asheville, NC	Buncombe County Schools	372	1.1%	4

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