Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370045000146
Emma Elementary
37 Brickyard Road, Asheville, NC 28806 · (828) 232-4272 · Buncombe County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
272 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (57).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
34.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
40.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Emma Elementary
Emma Elementary's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Elementary this school | 277 | 98.2% | 37.6% |
| North Kannapolis Elementary Kannapolis | 296 | 99.0% | 46.1% |
| Green Ridge Elementary Biscoe | 271 | 98.9% | 33.8% |
| Forest Hill Elementary Morganton | 305 | 99.0% | 43.1% |
| North Harnett Primary Angier | 329 | 99.1% | N/A |
| Ramseur Elementary School Ramseur | 346 | 99.1% | 37.0% |
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 Emma Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,150 of 1,297 | #25 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,131 of 1,296 | #23 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,090 of 1,300 | #25 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #1,234 of 1,485 | #22 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #203 of 1,377 | #7 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #617 of 1,379 | #7 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #882 of 1,414 | #10 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #228 of 937 | #6 of 18 |
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
277
-84 (-23%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 277 | 21.5 | 12.9:1 | 98% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 24.8 | 10.9:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 25 | 11.6:1 | 98% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 99% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 26.8 | 13.3:1 | 99% (353) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 99% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 535 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 90% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 67% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 26 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emma Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (356 to 277); teachers down 20% (26.8 to 21.5).
About Emma Elementary
Emma Elementary, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 4 and enrolls 277 students. It has 41% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Buncombe County Schools is the district for Emma Elementary. It has 45 schools and 22,452 students.
More than half of the students at Emma Elementary are Hispanic (51%). Next come 31% White, 13% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 9% Hispanic among all Buncombe County residents. The diversity index for Emma Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Emma Elementary has a ratio of 12.9:1. The gap from the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 2.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 98%. The average for public schools in Buncombe County is 88%.
On the allk12 Grade, Emma Elementary lands at D, ahead of 11% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Emma Elementary is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.6% versus 48.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in North Carolina.
The school's county is Buncombe County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $74,436, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 61 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,908, Emma Elementary among them.
Emma Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Nesbitt Discovery Academy, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Emma Elementary's average proficiency of 37.6% compares with 52.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Emma Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 361 to 277, a 23% drop.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Emma Elementary. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Buncombe County Schools
- Roberson HighHigh · 1,479 students
- Reynolds HighHigh · 1,169 students
- Enka HighHigh · 1,051 students
- Erwin HighHigh · 1,013 students
- North Buncombe HighHigh · 896 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 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
- Nesbitt Discovery Academy0.8 mi · 372
- Asheville PEAK Academy1.3 mi · 161
- Lucy S. Herring Elementary1.5 mi · 255
- Isaac Dickson Elementary1.5 mi · 390
- Francine Delany New School1.7 mi · 193
- Montford North Star Academy1.7 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Emma ElementaryHow many students attend Emma Elementary?
Emma Elementary enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Emma Elementary serve?
Emma Elementary serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emma Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emma Elementary is approximately 12.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emma Elementary?
At Emma Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 51% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Emma Elementary public or private?
Emma Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Buncombe County Schools.
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