Claxton Elementary School - Asheville, North Carolina/NC

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Claxton Elementary School

241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-1217 -

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Definition of Terms

Claxton Elementary School

School Level

Primary school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades KG - 5

County

Buncombe County, NC

Awards

Blue Ribbon School – Selected in 2004

Students & Faculty

Total Students

390 students

% Male / % Female

46% / 54%

Total Classroom Teachers

29 teachers

Students by Grade

Kind - 75 students

Grade 1 - 72 students

Grade 2 - 64 students

Grade 3 - 65 students

Grade 4 - 58 students

Grade 5 - 56 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	2%
% Asian	1%	2%
% Hispanic	2%	10%
% Black	40%	33%
% White	57%	54%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

32%

39%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NC) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Asheville City s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	9	7
Number of Students Managed	3,847 students	3,192 students
District Total Revenue	$42,525,000	$27,390,000
District Expenditure	$42,642,000	$27,412,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,054	$8,581
District Expenditure / Student	$11,084	$8,588

Claxton Elementary Meet Your Teacher (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on August 24, 2009 at 11:07:02 pm
Meet your teacher day at Claxton Elementary School Monday. Tuesday is the first day of school in Asheville and Buncombe County. 8/24/2009--Bill Sanders
Drivers asked to exercise caution when traveling in school zones (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on August 24, 2009 at 04:22:22 am
ASHEVILLE — Summer is all but over for public school students. With that, police and school officials want to remind motorists to slow down and be careful in school zones and around stopped school buses. Tuesday is the first day of school for Buncombe County Schools and Asheville City Schools.
School supplies aren't cheap (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on August 22, 2009 at 04:25:26 am
ASHEVILLE — The cost of required school supplies appears to grow along with your child. Elementary school students need things like No. 2 pencils and glue sticks, whereas high-schoolers may also have to buy scientific calculators and gym uniforms.