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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 4

West Buncombe Elementary, Asheville, NC

West Buncombe Elementary is a public elementary school in Asheville, part of Buncombe County Schools. It enrolled 580 students in 2024-25, with 14.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
580
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
14.9
Grades
K to 4

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.1. The North Carolina average across schools is 16.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.9
District15.1
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
175 Erwin Hills Road, Asheville, NC 28806
Phone
(828)232-4282
District
Buncombe County Schools
County
Buncombe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
370045000169
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
569
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
56998.1% 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 Buncombe County 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.