Woodfin Elementary

Woodfin Elementary is one of the rural-scale primary schools in Asheville, North Carolina, part of Buncombe County Schools, with 111 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 467.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woodfin Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Buncombe County's rate of about 88%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodfin Elementary is in the bottom 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.1%; Woodfin Elementary posts 28.8%, -20.4 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Buncombe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,436 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Woodfin Elementary is one of 61 public schools in Buncombe County (combined enrollment of about 29,908 students).

Nesbitt Discovery Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodfin Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Woodfin Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 134 (now 111). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 54% across the same window.

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