SILSA

Set in Asheville, North Carolina, SILSA is a cozy 9-12 campus, operated by Asheville City Schools. It educates 332 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so SILSA sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Asheville City Schools, which oversees 9 schools and 4,177 students, SILSA is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SILSA reports that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Buncombe County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, SILSA has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SILSA sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 67.4%.

Around the school, Buncombe County reports that median household income runs about $74,436, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Buncombe County runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students), of which SILSA is one.

Nearest neighbor: Asheville High, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SILSA ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SILSA's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 332). Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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