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Asheville, North Carolina - 1 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Invest Collegiate - Imagine #172 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,954 per pupil, Invest Collegiate - Imagine ranks #243 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,248
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Invest Collegiate - Imagine operates 1 public schools serving 1,248 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Buncombe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,954 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.2% local, 65.3% state, and 7.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #172 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 247.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.9% White, 13.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ic Imagine, enrolling 1,239 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ic Imagine accounts for 99.3% of all Invest Collegiate - Imagine student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Invest Collegiate - Imagine a distant remainder — means Invest Collegiate - Imagine-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Invest Collegiate - Imagine student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Invest Collegiate - Imagine chronic absenteeism rate is 27.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Invest Collegiate - Imagine is typically wider than the Invest Collegiate - Imagine-aggregate figure suggests.