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Best Alternative Schools in Asheville, NC

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				EOC Biology (2025)	EOC English II (2025)	EOC Math I (2025)	EOC Math III (2025)	EOG Mathematics (2025)						EOG Reading (2025)						EOG Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Total
IC Imagine	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	110 Champion Way	Asheville	28806	Buncombe County	Invest Collegiate - Imagine	Yes	No	No	Yes	(828) 633-6491	1,239	93	13.3		928 (74.9%)	35 (2.8%)	163 (13.2%)	19 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	92 (7.4%)								(n/a)	53.6	72.7	26.6	64.9	68.9	39.4	51.7	43.6	37.9	32.4	54.4	47.5	58.4	54.5	48.5	58.8	62.9	65.7
Buncombe County Schools Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	21 Trinity Chapel Rd	Asheville	28805	Buncombe County	Buncombe County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(828) 255-5102	296	14	21.4	54.4%	233 (78.7%)	18 (6.1%)	30 (10.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.1%)								(n/a)	26.2	56.5	15.8	40.3	40.0	42.9	35.7	18.8	53.6	43.8	46.7	64.3	42.9	43.8	71.4	59.4	50.0	62.5

Cities Near Asheville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Candler	3.21 mi	6	241^st
Arden	7.5 mi	3	166^th
Leicester	7.64 mi	1	305^th
Weaverville	7.76 mi	6	89^th
Swannanoa	10.1 mi	4	332^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction.

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