Enka Intermediate

Enka Intermediate, a reasonably sized intermediate school in Candler, North Carolina, overseen by Buncombe County Schools, enrolls 585 students, covering grades 5 through 6.

Buncombe County Schools runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 22,452 students. Enka Intermediate is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Enka Intermediate reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Buncombe County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Enka Intermediate shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Enka Intermediate tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Buncombe County (around 88%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Enka Intermediate performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of +4.0 points.

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%. Enka Intermediate is one of 61 public schools in Buncombe County (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students).

Nearest neighbor: The Franklin School of Innovation, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Enka Intermediate. On composite proficiency, Enka Intermediate comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

Enka Intermediate operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Enka Intermediate has declined 8%, going from 635 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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