Hominy Valley Elementary School
450 Enka Lake Road, Candler, NC, 28715 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Hominy Valley Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades KG - 5
County Buncombe County, NC
Students & Faculty
Total Students 508 students
% Male / % Female 47%  /  53%
Total Classroom Teachers 16 teachers
Students by Grade
Kind - 67 students
Grade 1 - 110 students
Grade 2 - 95 students
Grade 3 - 77 students
Grade 4 - 83 students
Grade 5 - 76 students
This School
(NC) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:32 1:15
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NC) School Average
% American Indian 1% 2%
% Asian n/a 2%
% Hispanic 6% 10%
% Black 5% 33%
% White 88% 54%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NC) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 33% 39%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 6% 7%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 2% n/a
School Performance:
(NC) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Buncombe County s School District
This School's Agency
(NC) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 40 7
Number of Students Managed 25,592 students 3,192 students
District Total Revenue $186,926,000 $27,390,000
District Expenditure $191,406,000 $27,412,000
District Revenue / Student $7,304 $8,581
District Expenditure / Student $7,479 $8,588
In the News:
  • Site staked out for Enka school (Asheville Citizen-Times)
    posted on September 4, 2009 at 04:19:05 am
    CANDLER — Buncombe County may build a fifth- and sixth-grade school behind Hominy Valley Elementary School, but it won't be cheap. That's the message Buncombe County school board members heard Thursday night from Tim Fierle, facilities director for the school system.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (28715)
School Zip (28715)
(NC) State Average
Population (Approximate) 22,256 people 7,780,958 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 22% 24%
Population Average Age 38 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.5 persons 2.4 persons
Median Household Income $35,762 $39,726
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.3 rooms 5.3 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 32 years old 32 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (28715)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 81% / 19% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Buncombe Community Sch-west Elementary School - 59 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
2. Sand Hill-venable Elementary School - 745 students - 1.5 mi. away - view location
3. Candler Elementary School - 594 students - 2.6 mi. away - view location
4. Evergreen Community Charter - 379 students - 3.8 mi. away - view location
5. Johnston Elementary School - 312 students - 4.0 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Candler, Buncombe County, Zip 28715 
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).

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