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What's something Erwin High does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,013
High
DISTRICT 707 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370045000143
Erwin High
60 Lees Creek Road, Asheville, NC 28806 · (828) 232-4251 · Buncombe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,013 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of North Carolina public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,010 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 277 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 253 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 249 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%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
39.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
10.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Erwin High
Erwin High's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin High this school | 1,013 | 99.7% | 27.3% |
| South Johnston High Four Oaks | 1,355 | 99.8% | 43.7% |
| Midway High Newton Grove | 726 | 98.9% | 55.3% |
| North Johnston High Kenly | 788 | 98.2% | 45.9% |
| Heide Trask High Rocky Point | 732 | 99.6% | 31.9% |
| Eastern Randolph High School Ramseur | 586 | 99.3% | 17.4% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Erwin High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #414 of 468 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #452 of 464 | #9 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #378 of 448 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,013 | #185 of 598 | #5 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #57 of 473 | #3 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #194 of 474 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #60 of 527 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #53 of 277 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,013
-96 (-9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,089
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,013 | 69.3 | 14.6:1 | 100% (1,010) |
| 2023-24 | 1,052 | 70.8 | 14.9:1 | 100% (1,049) |
| 2022-23 | 1,096 | 76.4 | 14.3:1 | 64% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 1,109 | 80 | 13.9:1 | 39% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 1,251 | 88.2 | 14.2:1 | 60% (752) |
| 2015-16 | 1,322 | 78 | 16.9:1 | 63% (827) |
| 2010-11 | 1,377 | 80 | 17.2:1 | 56% (776) |
| 2000-01 | 1,065 | 86 | 12.4:1 | 29% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 1,089 | 82 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Erwin High.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,251 to 1,013); teachers down 21% (88.2 to 69.3).
About Erwin High
Erwin High is a mid-sized high school in North Carolina, with an address in Asheville. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,013 students enrolled. That is 33% above the average of about 761 students for high schools in North Carolina.
Buncombe County Schools serves 22,452 students across 45 schools.
The student body at Erwin High has no majority group. White students lead at 47%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 82% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
Erwin High has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1, with 69.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Buncombe County report 88%.
Erwin High holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of North Carolina public high schools.
Erwin High trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 21.1 points (27.3% versus 48.4%), a bottom-10% result in North Carolina on BeatsExpectations.
In Buncombe County, the median household earns about $74,436 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Buncombe County, 61 public schools serve about 29,908 students.
Erwin Middle is the nearest public school to Erwin High, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Erwin High ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is 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 decreased from 1,109 to 1,013, a 9% decline.
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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
- North Buncombe HighHigh · 896 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 students
- Koontz IntermediateMiddle · 725 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
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 students
- Koontz IntermediateMiddle · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Erwin Middle0.2 mi · 545
- West Buncombe Elementary0.3 mi · 580
- Eblen Intermediate0.4 mi · 566
- Johnston Elementary2.3 mi · 217
- Emma Elementary2.4 mi · 277
- Woodfin Elementary2.5 mi · 111
Frequently asked questions
About Erwin HighHow many students attend Erwin High?
Erwin High enrolls approximately 1,013 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Erwin High serve?
Erwin High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Erwin High have?
Erwin High employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Erwin High?
Student demographics at Erwin High are roughly 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Erwin High in?
Erwin High is part of Buncombe County Schools.
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