📍 275 Overlook Road, Asheville, Buncombe County, 28803
Estes Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Asheville, Buncombe County. The school has 732 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Buncombe County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 38% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Estes Elementary enrolls 732 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 411 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 141 | 19% |
| Black or African American | 85 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 8.5% |
| Asian | 28 | 3.8% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
362 of the school's 732 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 329 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Estes Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 48, state house district 116.
Estes Elementary is one of 45 schools in Buncombe County Schools, based in Asheville, North Carolina. The district serves 22,452 students district-wide and employs 1,597 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 732 students, Estes Elementary is larger than the district average of about 499 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small