T C Roberson High School - Asheville, North Carolina/NC

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T C Roberson High School

250 Overlook Road, Asheville, NC, 28803-3317 -

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Definition of Terms

T C Roberson High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Buncombe County, NC

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1543 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

100 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 452 students

Grade 10 - 401 students

Grade 11 - 364 students

Grade 12 - 326 students

This School

(NC) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NC) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	5%	5%
% Black	15%	31%
% White	77%	59%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NC) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

19%

27%

% 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

Buncombe County s School District

This School's Agency

(NC) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	40	12
Number of Students Managed	25,592 students	6,210 students
District Total Revenue	$186,926,000	$47,973,000
District Expenditure	$191,406,000	$45,994,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,304	$7,725
District Expenditure / Student	$7,479	$7,406
District Graduation Rates	75%	74%

Newman attains Eagle status (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:38:24 am
ASHEVILLE — Will Newman, 14, a freshman at T.C. Roberson High School, was recently named an Eagle Scout during a ceremony at the N.C. Arboretum.
Community briefs: Belk fall charity sale planned for Saturday (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:06:23 am
ASHEVILLE — Belk's fall charity sale will be 6-10 a.m. Saturday in the Asheville Mall. In exchange for a $5 donation, customers will receive a ticket admitting them to the sale and entitling them to storewide discounts up to 50 percent, plus $5 off first purchases of $5 or more.
Gale earns Eagle Scout Award (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 04:33:43 am
ASHEVILLE — Ashby William Gale has earned the Eagle Scout Award, the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers. Gale, a member of Boy Scout Troop #26 within the Daniel Boone Council, will be recognized at a Court of Honor ceremony 2 p.m. Sunday at Camp Stevens, on Clayton Road.
Police: Roberson student swindled teammates (Asheville Citizen-Times)
posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:20:33 am
An 18-year-old member of the 2008 T.C. Roberson High School track team was charged with obtaining property by false pretenses, a felony, for falsely claiming he would buy track clothes for teammates and never delivering, according to an arrest warrant.
Update: Most Anderson Co. extracurriculars still on (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
posted on September 16, 2009 at 09:34:30 pm
Despite school being canceled for Anderson County Schools on Thursday and Friday, extracurricular events are still set to take place as planned.

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T.C. Roberson is a high school in the Buncombe County Schools System in Asheville, North Carolina. It is located at 250 Overlook Road, Asheville, NC 28803. TC Roberson High School was founded when Valley Springs High School and Biltmore High School were combined to form one high school. It is named for Thomas Crawford Roberson, a former Superintendent of Buncombe County Schools and the architect of the consolidation of 21 county high schools into the 6 county high schools that exist today. Its school newspaper is the Golden Fleece. It has two feeder schools - Valley Springs Middle School and half of the students at Cane Creek Middle School.
Athletics
Roberson athletics is considered to be the second best in Buncombe County and among the best in the state. In North Carolina, Roberson is ranked fifth in North Carolina in state championships holding a total of 37 . In addition, Roberson has won the AAA Wachovia Cup (award for best overall athletic program in the state of North Carolina) for three straight years and five times since the Wachovia Cup was created in 1979. Roberson's main rivals in athletics in the Asheville area are A.C. Reynolds High School and Asheville High School.
Principals
1962-1969 Guy L. Ensley
1969-1982 Charles Koontz
1982-1989 Malcom Brown
1989-1991 Dr. Karen Campbell
1991 Charles Koontz (interim)
1991-1996 Richard E. Greene
1996-1999 Caroline Shorter
2000-2001 Dr. Lenda Sprague
2001-2004 George Drake
2004-present Rob Weinkle
Notable alumni
Athletics
Darren Holmes - Retired major league baseball pitcher - Dodgers, Brewers, Rockies, Rockies, Yankees, Diamondbacks, Orioles, Cardinals, Braves
Justin Jackson - major league baseball player - Toronto Blue Jays - #45 overall draft pick in the 2007 major league baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays
Cameron Maybin - major league baseball player - Florida Marlins - #10 overall draft pick in the 2005 major league baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers
Chris Narveson - major league baseball pitcher - Milwaukee Brewers
Roy Williams - men's basketball head coach, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Other
Tony Baldwin - Superintendent - Buncombe County Public Schools
Robert Cox - Retired as a Rear Admiral from the US Navy after 32 years of Service.
William Murdock - Author, Director of the Eblen Foundation
Anne Ponder - Chancellor UNCA University of North Carolina at Asheville

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