Asheville PEAK Academy

Asheville PEAK Academy operates as an one-room-style K-5 school in Asheville, North Carolina, part of Asheville PEAK Academy. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Asheville PEAK Academy is a school of Asheville PEAK Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Asheville PEAK Academy logs that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest breaks down as 14% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 5% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Asheville PEAK Academy shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Asheville PEAK Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Buncombe County put the typical household earns roughly $74,436 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Buncombe County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students), Asheville PEAK Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Francine Delany New School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Asheville PEAK Academy operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Asheville PEAK Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.