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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Claxton Elementary, Asheville, NC

Claxton Elementary is a public elementary school in Asheville, part of Asheville City Schools. It enrolled 405 students in 2024-25, with 13.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
405
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
13.1
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.0. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.1
District13.0
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone
(828)350-6500
District
Asheville City Schools
County
Buncombe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
370027000072
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
145
Reduced-price lunch
8
Free or reduced-price lunch
15337.8% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Asheville City Schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Asheville

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.