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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370045000157
Oakley Elementary
753 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803 · (828) 274-7515 · Buncombe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest 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
15.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
492 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 48% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
71%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
39.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
32.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Oakley Elementary
Oakley Elementary's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley Elementary this school | 502 | 98.0% | 38.3% |
| Mount Energy Elementary Creedmoor | 515 | 99.4% | 46.9% |
| Edward Best Elementary Louisburg | 498 | 99.4% | 70.5% |
| Marvin B Smith Elementary Burlington | 556 | 99.3% | 68.0% |
| South Harnett Elementary Bunnlevel | 476 | 97.1% | 43.8% |
| Cloverleaf Elementary Statesville | 568 | 99.5% | 45.5% |
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 Oakley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,139 of 1,297 | #24 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,237 of 1,296 | #25 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #952 of 1,300 | #24 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #602 of 1,485 | #8 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #885 of 1,377 | #22 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #145 of 1,379 | #1 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #902 of 1,414 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.6% | #160 of 369 | #1 of 8 |
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
502
+74 (+17%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 502 | 32.4 | 15.5:1 | 98% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 32.3 | 13.8:1 | 99% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 32.8 | 13.2:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 99% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 28.3 | 15.8:1 | 97% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 79% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 71% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 55% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 36 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (446 to 502); teachers up 15% (28.3 to 32.4).
About Oakley Elementary
Oakley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Asheville, North Carolina. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 502 students.
Buncombe County Schools operates 45 schools. Combined enrollment is 22,452 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Oakley Elementary. The largest is White students, at 40%. Next come 25% Hispanic, 24% Black, and 10% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Buncombe County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.4 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.5:1. That is close to the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 98%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Buncombe County is 88%.
The allk12 Grade for Oakley Elementary is D. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Oakley Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 38.3% actual against 48.9% predicted.
Across Buncombe County, the median household income is $74,436, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Buncombe County is home to 61 public schools and about 29,908 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Bell Elementary, about 2.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Oakley Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Oakley Elementary is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, Oakley Elementary's enrollment grew 17%, to 502. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.4:1 to 15.5:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Erwin HighHigh · 1,013 students
- North Buncombe HighHigh · 896 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 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
- Erwin HighHigh · 1,013 students
- Estes ElementaryElementary · 754 students
Other Oakley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Oakley Elementary. Oakley Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Oakley Elementary SchoolNEW CANEY, TX · 816 students
- Oakley Elementary SchoolUnion City, GA · 733 students
- Oakley ElementaryOakley, CA · 379 students
- Oakley ElemOakley, KS · 191 students
- OAKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOAKLEY, ID · 188 students
Nearby schools
- Bell Elementary2.1 mi · 224
- Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy2.1 mi · 296
- Haw Creek Elementary2.2 mi · 402
- Reynolds Middle2.2 mi · 490
- SILSA2.3 mi · 332
- Reynolds High2.3 mi · 1,169
Frequently asked questions
About Oakley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oakley Elementary?
Oakley Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oakley Elementary serve?
Oakley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oakley Elementary?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Oakley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oakley Elementary?
At Oakley Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 25% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Oakley Elementary public or private?
Oakley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Buncombe County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.