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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370045000626
Sand Hill-Venable Elem
154 Sand Hill School Road, Asheville, NC 28806 · (828) 670-5028 · Buncombe County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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
15.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
578 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (113).
Student demographics
59%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
45.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Sand Hill-Venable Elem
Sand Hill-Venable Elem's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill-Venable Elem this school | 590 | 98.0% | 45.7% |
| Midway Elementary Dunn | 539 | 99.3% | 64.3% |
| Southmont Elementary School Asheboro | 557 | 99.5% | 57.7% |
| Dixon Road Elementary Willow Spring | 644 | 99.5% | 67.0% |
| Greenwood Elementary Sanford | 571 | 99.5% | 63.2% |
| Cape Fear Elementary Rocky Point | 533 | 99.4% | 46.6% |
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 Sand Hill-Venable Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Buncombe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #941 of 1,297 | #22 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #1,015 of 1,296 | #22 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #762 of 1,300 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #374 of 1,485 | #4 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #739 of 1,377 | #18 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #755 of 1,379 | #9 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #909 of 1,414 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #303 of 369 | #3 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
590
+73 (+14%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 590 | 39.4 | 15.0:1 | 98% (578) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 39.4 | 13.7:1 | 99% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 40.4 | 13.2:1 | 77% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 56% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 41.9 | 13.7:1 | 73% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 74% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 64% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 62 | 12.1:1 | 41% (308) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Hill-Venable Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (572 to 590); teachers down 6% (41.9 to 39.4).
About Sand Hill-Venable Elem
The public elementary school Sand Hill-Venable Elem is located in Asheville, North Carolina. In all, 590 students attend the school in pre-K through 4. It has 26% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Buncombe County Schools enrolls 22,452 students, and its 45 schools include Sand Hill-Venable Elem.
The largest group at Sand Hill-Venable Elem is White students, at 53%. Other students are 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Buncombe County residents are about 82% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
The school lists 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. That is in line with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 98% of the student body. It compares with 88% for public schools in Buncombe County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sand Hill-Venable Elem lands at C, ahead of 28% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sand Hill-Venable Elem would score about 48.9%. It scores 45.7%, 3.2 points below that figure.
In Buncombe County, median household income comes to about $74,436, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Buncombe County counts 61 public schools with about 29,908 students.
Enka Intermediate is about 0.7 miles from Sand Hill-Venable Elem, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sand Hill-Venable Elem is 4th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
In 2020-21, Sand Hill-Venable Elem enrolled 517 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 590. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (12.6:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Enka Intermediate0.7 mi · 585
- The Franklin School of Innovation1.0 mi · 717
- Enka Middle1.4 mi · 588
- IC Imagine1.6 mi · 1,239
- Hominy Valley Elementary1.9 mi · 399
- Enka High2.2 mi · 1,051
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Hill-Venable ElemHow many students attend Sand Hill-Venable Elem?
Sand Hill-Venable Elem enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Sand Hill-Venable Elem serve?
Sand Hill-Venable Elem serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sand Hill-Venable Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sand Hill-Venable Elem is approximately 15.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sand Hill-Venable Elem?
At Sand Hill-Venable Elem, the student body is approximately 53% White, 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sand Hill-Venable Elem public or private?
Sand Hill-Venable Elem 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.