Julia Street Montessori School
Private · Grades Pre-K–K · 6 students
Claxton Elementary
241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
405
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
13 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Asheville City Schools
Buncombe County
Schola Grade C · Average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other North Carolina elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Claxton Elementary
Claxton Elementary is a magnet elementary school in Asheville, North Carolina, serving grades K–5. It is part of Asheville City Schools. The school is located in a small city in Buncombe County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 405 students were enrolled, with about 13 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is smaller than the typical North Carolina elementary school (14.5 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is C (average), compared with 1,394 North Carolina elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Magnet School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 405 students
- Students per teacher
- 13 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- Yes
- Locale
- City — Small
- School district
- Asheville City Schools
- County
- Buncombe County
- NCES school ID
- 370027000072
Schools near Claxton Elementary
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Hanger Hall School
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Mountain City Public Montessori
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Isaac Dickson Elementary
Magnet · Grades Pre-K–5 · 390 students
Hawthorn Montessori School
Private · Grades Pre-K–K · 17 students
Ira B Jones Elementary
Magnet · Grades Pre-K–5 · 369 students
School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.