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The Franklin School of Innovation, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
The Franklin School of Innovation runs 1 public school with 717 students in grades 5 to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 3.3 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 717
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 61 Innovation Dr, Asheville, NC 28806
- Phone
- (828)318-8140
- County
- Buncombe County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- 5 to 12
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700361
- State district ID
- NC-11D
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 239 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (642), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $6.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $250,000
- State revenue
- $4.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.6 million
- Total spending
- $5.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,072
- Salaries
- $3.6 million62.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 70.2%
- Local: 25.8%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,072
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in The Franklin School of Innovation
By level: 1 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| The Franklin School of InnovationCharter | High | 5 to 12 | 717 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buncombe County
- Buncombe County Schools 22,452 students
- Asheville City Schools 3,960 students
- Invest Collegiate - Imagine 1,239 students
- Evergreen Community Charter 430 students
- ArtSpace Charter 402 students
- Francine Delany New School 193 students
- Asheville PEAK Academy 161 students
- Mountain City Public Montessori 137 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.