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Evergreen Community Charter
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Evergreen Community Charter
Set in Asheville, North Carolina, Evergreen Community Charter is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Evergreen Community Charter. It works with 430 students across grades K through 8.
Evergreen Community Charter is a school of Evergreen Community Charter, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
In terms of who attends, Evergreen Community Charter lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. Compared to Buncombe County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, On paper, Evergreen Community Charter has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Evergreen Community Charter tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Buncombe County's rate of about 88%.
Across the wider county, census data for Buncombe County shows 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%. Across Buncombe County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students), Evergreen Community Charter is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Haw Creek Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Evergreen Community Charter operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Evergreen Community Charter has changed only slightly, going from 441 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the Evergreen Community Charter community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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