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The most racially diverse public elementary schools in Buncombe County, North Carolina

26 public elementary schools in Buncombe County, North Carolina appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public elementary schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Oakley Elementary leads the list at 71.0%, against a median of 49.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
26
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Top Diversity index
71.0%
Median Diversity index
49.4%
MOST DIVERSE · BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
#SchoolCityStudentsDiversity index% White% Black% Hispanic% Asian
1Oakley ElementaryAsheville, NC50271.0%40.4%(203)23.9%(120)24.5%(123)1.4%(7)
2Johnston ElementaryAsheville, NC21768.4%34.1%(74)18.9%(41)40.1%(87)0.0%(0)
3Avery's Creek ElementaryArden, NC55766.9%39.3%(219)10.1%(56)39.7%(221)1.3%(7)
4Estes ElementaryAsheville, NC75463.2%54.1%(408)13.3%(100)22.9%(173)3.3%(25)
5Hall Fletcher ElementaryAsheville, NC31863.1%53.8%(171)23.9%(76)12.6%(40)0.3%(1)
6Ira B Jones ElementaryAsheville, NC36962.7%53.9%(199)26.3%(97)8.4%(31)1.4%(5)
7Emma ElementaryAsheville, NC27762.2%31.1%(86)13.0%(36)51.3%(142)0.7%(2)
8Isaac Dickson ElementaryAsheville, NC39062.1%56.4%(220)19.2%(75)9.2%(36)1.5%(6)
9Sand Hill-Venable ElemAsheville, NC59058.6%52.7%(311)7.3%(43)36.1%(213)0.7%(4)
10Williams ElementarySwannanoa, NC45158.1%55.6%(251)4.4%(20)32.1%(145)0.9%(4)
11Haw Creek ElementaryAsheville, NC40255.1%63.7%(256)15.2%(61)8.7%(35)0.8%(3)
12Bell ElementaryAsheville, NC22451.3%67.4%(151)10.3%(23)10.7%(24)1.3%(3)
13Lucy S. Herring ElementaryAsheville, NC25550.4%67.8%(173)12.9%(33)11.4%(29)0.4%(1)
14Glen Arden ElementaryArden, NC50548.4%69.5%(351)5.0%(25)14.5%(73)0.4%(2)
15West Buncombe ElementaryAsheville, NC58048.0%67.8%(393)3.6%(21)24.1%(140)1.2%(7)
16Candler ElementaryCandler, NC38147.5%68.2%(260)5.3%(20)23.6%(90)0.0%(0)
17Claxton ElementaryAsheville, NC40546.9%70.9%(287)13.1%(53)8.4%(34)0.3%(1)
18North Buncombe ElementaryWeaverville, NC59341.1%74.2%(440)1.5%(9)18.7%(111)0.2%(1)
19Black Mountain PrimaryBlack Mountain, NC35137.5%77.8%(273)4.0%(14)12.8%(45)0.8%(3)
20Weaverville PrimaryWeaverville, NC24534.8%79.2%(194)0.0%(0)15.5%(38)1.2%(3)
21Weaverville ElementaryWeaverville, NC34234.5%79.5%(272)2.0%(7)14.6%(50)0.9%(3)
22Leicester ElementaryLeicester, NC39932.5%80.7%(322)2.0%(8)15.3%(61)0.0%(0)
23Hominy Valley ElementaryCandler, NC39931.5%81.5%(325)1.5%(6)14.5%(58)0.8%(3)
24Evergreen Community CharterAsheville, NC43031.2%82.1%(353)0.2%(1)7.2%(31)1.2%(5)
25ArtSpace Charter SchoolSwannanoa, NC40227.9%84.3%(339)0.8%(3)7.0%(28)0.8%(3)
26Fairview ElementaryFairview, NC64625.3%85.9%(555)1.2%(8)8.2%(53)0.8%(5)
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