Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370210002094
Atkinson Elementary
2510 Old Kanuga Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 · (828) 697-4755 · Henderson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
122 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
58.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
64.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Atkinson Elementary
Atkinson Elementary's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Elementary this school | 288 | 42.4% | 62.4% |
| Cove Creek Elementary Vilas | 289 | 41.2% | 63.7% |
| Hendersonville Elementary Hendersonville | 323 | 38.7% | 78.8% |
| New Salem Elementary Marshville | 249 | 37.8% | 72.8% |
| Valle Crucis Elementary Boone | 345 | 40.3% | 67.2% |
| Central Elementary Barco | 264 | 44.7% | 54.6% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Atkinson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Henderson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #432 of 1,297 | #7 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #494 of 1,296 | #7 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #374 of 1,300 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #1,208 of 1,485 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #285 of 1,377 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #1,293 of 1,379 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,206 of 1,414 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #380 of 937 | #6 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
288
-32 (-10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 288 | 21.7 | 13.3:1 | 42% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 21.5 | 14.2:1 | 99% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 21.5 | 14.7:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 36% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 22.8 | 15.0:1 | 45% (156) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 33% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atkinson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (343 to 288); teachers down 5% (22.8 to 21.7).
About Atkinson Elementary
Atkinson Elementary, located in Hendersonville, North Carolina, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 288 students. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students, so this school is 38% smaller than average.
Henderson County Schools enrolls 12,619 students in 23 schools, including Atkinson Elementary.
The large majority of students at Atkinson Elementary, 83%, are White. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is close to the 82% White share among all Henderson County residents. Atkinson Elementary has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.3 students per teacher and 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, higher than at this school. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 63% average for public schools in Henderson County is 21 points higher.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Atkinson Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Atkinson Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 62.4% actual against 65.9% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Henderson County, median household income is about $68,187, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 25 public schools operate in Henderson County, serving about 13,572 students.
The next-closest public school is Hendersonville Middle, about 2.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Atkinson Elementary's average proficiency of 62.4% compares with 56.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students dropped from 320 to 288 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 16.0:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Atkinson Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Henderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,484
Census ACS
Median income
$68,187
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,572 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henderson County Schools
- West Henderson HighHigh · 1,053 students
- North Henderson HighHigh · 1,052 students
- East Henderson HighHigh · 932 students
- Rugby MiddleMiddle · 849 students
- Apple Valley MiddleMiddle · 820 students
- Hendersonville HighHigh · 794 students
Other schools in Hendersonville
- West Henderson HighHigh · 1,053 students
- North Henderson HighHigh · 1,052 students
- Rugby MiddleMiddle · 849 students
- Apple Valley MiddleMiddle · 820 students
- Hendersonville HighHigh · 794 students
- Hendersonville MiddleMiddle · 540 students
Other Atkinson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Atkinson Elementary. Atkinson Elementary is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 454 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 398 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 372 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolGriffin, GA · 366 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolFremont, OH · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Hendersonville Middle2.8 mi · 540
- Hendersonville Elementary2.9 mi · 323
- Hendersonville High3.0 mi · 794
- Bruce Drysdale Elementary3.2 mi · 473
- The Mountain Community Sch3.5 mi · 190
- Flat Rock Middle3.6 mi · 748
Frequently asked questions
About Atkinson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Atkinson Elementary?
Atkinson Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
Is Atkinson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Atkinson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Atkinson Elementary have?
Atkinson Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Atkinson Elementary?
Student demographics at Atkinson Elementary are roughly 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Atkinson Elementary in?
Atkinson Elementary is part of Henderson County Schools.
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