Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370027000071
Hall Fletcher Elementary
60 Ridgelawn Road, Asheville, NC 28806 · (828) 350-6400 · Buncombe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
187 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 51% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
48.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Hall Fletcher Elementary
Hall Fletcher Elementary's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall Fletcher Elementary this school | 318 | 58.8% | 50.7% |
| Ira B Jones Elementary Asheville | 369 | 54.5% | 51.6% |
| E M Yoder Elementary Mebane | 336 | 51.5% | 60.1% |
| Pathways Elementary Hillsborough | 371 | 54.4% | 71.3% |
| Buies Creek Elementary Buies Creek | 267 | 57.7% | 48.3% |
| Gatesville Elementary Gatesville | 252 | 59.5% | 46.5% |
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 Hall Fletcher Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #794 of 1,297 | #19 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #780 of 1,296 | #16 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #661 of 1,300 | #18 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,145 of 1,485 | #21 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #149 of 1,377 | #5 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #570 of 1,379 | #5 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #1,116 of 1,414 | #24 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #846 of 937 | #15 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
318
+48 (+18%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 318 | 25.4 | 12.5:1 | 59% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 60% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 24.4 | 12.6:1 | 58% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2017-18 | 328 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 59% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 68% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 27 | 11.3:1 | 85% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 265 | 28 | 9.5:1 | 74% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 34 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hall Fletcher Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (328 to 318); teachers down 9% (28 to 25.4).
About Hall Fletcher Elementary
Hall Fletcher Elementary is a small elementary school in Asheville, North Carolina, under Asheville City Schools. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 318 students. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 32% below that mark.
Hall Fletcher Elementary is one school in Asheville City Schools, a system of 9 schools with 4,177 students.
Of every 100 students at Hall Fletcher Elementary, about 54 are White. Other reported shares: 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Buncombe County's residents are about 82% White, 28 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Hall Fletcher Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1, with 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 59% at Hall Fletcher Elementary. Across public schools in Buncombe County, the average is 88%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hall Fletcher Elementary lands at C, ahead of 27% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.9%. Hall Fletcher Elementary scores 50.7%.
In the wider Buncombe County area, the median household earns about $74,436 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Buncombe County, 61 public schools serve about 29,908 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Asheville PEAK Academy, is about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Hall Fletcher Elementary places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Hall Fletcher Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 48 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.0:1 in 2020-21, and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Hall Fletcher Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Hall Fletcher ElementaryHow many students attend Hall Fletcher Elementary?
Hall Fletcher Elementary enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hall Fletcher Elementary serve?
Hall Fletcher Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Hall Fletcher Elementary have?
Hall Fletcher Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Hall Fletcher Elementary?
Student demographics at Hall Fletcher Elementary are roughly 54% White, 13% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hall Fletcher Elementary in?
Hall Fletcher Elementary is part of Asheville City Schools.
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