Reynolds High

As a heavily attended senior high in Asheville, North Carolina, Reynolds High educates 1,169 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Buncombe County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Reynolds High lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Buncombe County (around 88%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Reynolds High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 52.2%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Buncombe County put median household income runs about $74,436, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Buncombe County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students), of which Reynolds High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Reynolds Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Reynolds High. On composite proficiency, Reynolds High comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 1,207 students in 2018 compared to 1,169 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Reynolds High community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.