Weaverville Elementary

Weaverville Elementary is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in Weaverville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Buncombe County Schools, with 342 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 4. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Weaverville Elementary sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Weaverville Elementary is one of 45 schools operated by Buncombe County Schools, a district that hosts 22,452 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Weaverville Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Weaverville Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at Weaverville Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Buncombe County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Weaverville Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 71.1%, a residual of +22.0 points.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Buncombe County's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students), Weaverville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Weaverville Primary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Weaverville Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

Weaverville Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Weaverville Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 348 (now 342).

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