Haw Creek Elementary

Set in Asheville, North Carolina, Haw Creek Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, part of Buncombe County Schools. It works with 402 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 45 schools in Buncombe County Schools (22,452 students total), Haw Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Haw Creek Elementary shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Buncombe County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Haw Creek Elementary lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Haw Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Haw Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buncombe County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Haw Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 65.3%.

Across the wider county, Buncombe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,436 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Haw Creek Elementary is one of 61 public schools in Buncombe County (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students).

The closest other public school is Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Haw Creek Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 58.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Haw Creek Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 401 students in 2018 to 402 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 64%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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