Total enrollment
17,461
-222 (-1%) vs SY 2017-18
35 schools in Asheville
North Carolina · Public K-12
Across the city, Asheville hosts 35 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 17,678 North Carolina students (about 505 per campus).
7-year change in Asheville
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
34
+1 (+3%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
59%
was 64%
% Hispanic
20%
was 15%
% Black
12%
was 12%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Asheville
Public education in Asheville, North Carolina runs across 35 schools that hosts roughly 17,678 students. By footprint, Asheville sits in the sizable bracket.
On the school-mix side, the city is built around 18 elementary, 6 middle, 9 high, and 2 other.
Average school size in Asheville is around 505 students, 12% meaningfully below the North Carolina average of about 571.
Five-year track record. Total public-school enrollment in Asheville has stayed largely flat since SY 2017-18, moving from about 17,683 students to 17,461. The school count climbed from 33 to 34 across the same 7-year window. The White share of public-school enrollment decreased from 64% to 59%.
On allk12, the community for Asheville discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.