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Enrollment
670
Middle
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370027000079
Asheville Middle
211 S French Broad Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801 · (828) 350-6200 · Buncombe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
341 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 207 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 248 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 32% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
54.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Asheville Middle
Asheville Middle's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville Middle this school | 670 | 50.9% | 53.3% |
| Selma Burke Middle Mooresville | 649 | 49.9% | 60.5% |
| Mooresville Middle Mooresville | 696 | 40.9% | 66.2% |
| Northwoods Park Middle Jacksonville | 633 | 52.8% | 53.9% |
| Trexler Middle Richlands | 770 | 50.5% | 51.8% |
| Hunters Creek Middle Jacksonville | 856 | 57.2% | 51.5% |
Matched among North Carolina middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Asheville Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #203 of 463 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #255 of 461 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #151 of 463 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #172 of 478 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #8 of 456 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #247 of 456 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.9% | #377 of 472 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #140 of 300 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
670
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 670 | 59.2 | 11.3:1 | 51% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 543 | 49.3 | 11.0:1 | 54% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 49.4 | 11.9:1 | 48% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 59 | 11.4:1 | 36% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 61.6 | 12.5:1 | 36% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 58 | 12.1:1 | 46% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | 57 | 12.6:1 | 53% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 72 | 10.9:1 | 45% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 49 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Asheville Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (769 to 670); teachers down 4% (61.6 to 59.2).
About Asheville Middle
Asheville Middle is classified as a middle school. It is located in Asheville, North Carolina. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 670 students.
Asheville City Schools has 4,177 students spread across 9 schools.
White students account for 57% of enrollment at Asheville Middle. Other students are 22% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Buncombe County residents. Asheville Middle has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Asheville Middle, 59.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Roughly 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Buncombe County averages 88%, higher than here.
Asheville Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Asheville Middle's results are 10.0 points below predicted: 53.3% against 63.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Buncombe County, median household income is about $74,436, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Buncombe County number 61 and enroll about 29,908.
The closest other public school is Mountain City Public Montessori, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Asheville Middle ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Asheville Middle had 674 students in 2020-21 and 670 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Asheville Middle, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Buncombe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
274,360
Census ACS
Median income
$74,436
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
29,908 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Asheville City Schools
- Asheville HighHigh · 1,221 students
- Claxton ElementaryElementary · 405 students
- Isaac Dickson ElementaryElementary · 390 students
- Ira B Jones ElementaryElementary · 369 students
- SILSAHigh · 332 students
- Hall Fletcher ElementaryElementary · 318 students
Other schools in Asheville
- Roberson HighHigh · 1,479 students
- IC ImagineCombined · 1,239 students
- Asheville HighHigh · 1,221 students
- Reynolds HighHigh · 1,169 students
- Erwin HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain City Public Montessori0.6 mi · 137
- Isaac Dickson Elementary0.7 mi · 390
- Montford North Star Academy0.8 mi · 217
- Asheville High1.0 mi · 1,221
- SILSA1.1 mi · 332
- Early College1.1 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Asheville MiddleHow large is Asheville Middle?
Asheville Middle enrolls approximately 670 students in grades 06-08.
Is Asheville Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Asheville Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Asheville Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Asheville Middle is approximately 11.3:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Asheville Middle?
Asheville Middle reports a student body of 57% White, 11% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Asheville Middle?
Asheville Middle is overseen by Asheville City Schools in Buncombe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.