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What's something Isaac Dickson Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370027002202
Isaac Dickson Elementary
125 Hill Street, Asheville, NC 28801 · (828) 350-6800 · Buncombe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
160 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
62%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
66.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Isaac Dickson Elementary
Isaac Dickson Elementary's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Dickson Elementary this school | 390 | 41.0% | 63.9% |
| Rocky River Elementary Mooresville | 460 | 41.3% | N/A |
| Hawks Nest STEAM Academy Gastonia | 356 | 36.0% | 78.0% |
| Claxton Elementary Asheville | 405 | 37.8% | 66.7% |
| Eastover Elementary Charlotte | 385 | 32.2% | 79.3% |
| Wake Forest Elementary Wake Forest | 444 | 45.9% | 57.6% |
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 Isaac Dickson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #383 of 1,297 | #10 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #557 of 1,296 | #12 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #180 of 1,300 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #927 of 1,485 | #16 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #299 of 1,377 | #10 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #621 of 1,379 | #8 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.0% | #1,218 of 1,414 | #27 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #194 of 937 | #3 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
390
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 390 | 29.3 | 13.3:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 29.8 | 12.6:1 | 41% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 28.9 | 14.3:1 | 39% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 29% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 32.9 | 15.5:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 40% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 51% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isaac Dickson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (509 to 390); teachers down 11% (32.9 to 29.3).
About Isaac Dickson Elementary
Isaac Dickson Elementary is a small elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Asheville. The school counts 390 students across pre-K through 5.
Within Asheville City Schools, Isaac Dickson Elementary is one of 9 schools. The district enrolls 4,177 students.
White students are the majority at Isaac Dickson Elementary, with 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Black, 12% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 29.3 full-time equivalents, or about 13.3 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 41%. It compares with 88% for public schools in Buncombe County.
Isaac Dickson Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In North Carolina, Isaac Dickson Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.9% actual against a predicted 66.3%.
In the county around the school, Buncombe County, the median household income is $74,436, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 61 public schools in Buncombe County, enrolling about 29,908 students in all.
The closest public school to Isaac Dickson Elementary is Montford North Star Academy, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 63.9% is above the 52.1% average for nearby schools.
Isaac Dickson Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment dropped 7% from its 2020-21 level of 419.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Isaac Dickson Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Nearby schools
- Montford North Star Academy0.3 mi · 217
- Mountain City Public Montessori0.7 mi · 137
- Asheville Middle0.7 mi · 670
- Claxton Elementary1.1 mi · 405
- Nesbitt Discovery Academy1.3 mi · 372
- Emma Elementary1.5 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Isaac Dickson ElementaryHow large is Isaac Dickson Elementary?
Isaac Dickson Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Isaac Dickson Elementary serve?
Isaac Dickson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Isaac Dickson Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Isaac Dickson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Isaac Dickson Elementary?
Student demographics at Isaac Dickson Elementary are roughly 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Isaac Dickson Elementary in?
Isaac Dickson Elementary is part of Asheville City Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.