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Center for Career Innovation

Buncombe County Schools · Buncombe County

Address
340 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC 28801
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Grades served
9-13
NCES school ID
370045002974
41
Students
4.0
Teachers (FTE)
10.3:1
Student–teacher ratio
A
Performance grade
87
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
5.9%
Chronically absent
48%
Economically disadvantaged

School calendar

Buncombe County Schools's student & family calendar for the year — first and last days, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays, which apply to Center for Career Innovation — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Location and nearby schools

10 nearest

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Center for Career InnovationElementaryMiddleHighOther
  1. Early CollegeHigh · Grades 9-13under 0.1 mi
  2. Asheville HighHigh · Grades 9-12 · Asheville City Schools0.2 mi
  3. SILSAHigh · Grades 9-12 · Asheville City Schools0.3 mi
  4. Hall Fletcher ElementaryElementary · Grades PK-5 · Asheville City Schools1.1 mi
  5. Asheville MiddleMiddle · Grades 6-8 · Asheville City Schools1.1 mi
  6. Mountain City Public MontessoriElementary · Grades K-7 · Mountain City Public Montessori · Charter1.6 mi
  7. Isaac Dickson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK-5 · Asheville City Schools1.8 mi
  8. Asheville PEAK AcademyElementary · Grades K-6 · Asheville PEAK Academy · Charter1.9 mi
  9. Francine Delany New SchoolElementary · Grades K-8 · Francine Delany New School · Charter2.2 mi
  10. Oakley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK-52.5 mi

How Center for Career Innovation compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 87 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools94th percentile
Higher than 94% · rank 128 of 2,483
North Carolina high schools82nd percentile
Higher than 82% · rank 87 of 514
Buncombe County Schools95th percentile
Higher than 95% · rank 2 of 43

Chronic absence is lower here than at 95% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score down 5 points since 2014 (92 → 87). Met or exceeded expected growth in 10 of 10 years, exceeding it in 4. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202587AExceeded86.2
202487AExceeded85.1
202389AExceeded86.5
202286AExceeded83.6
201983BMet84.1
201889AMet90.7
201788A+NGMet90
201690AMet93
201591AMet93
201492AMet94

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Buncombe County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 65.85%Hispanic 21.95%Black 7.32%Two+ Races 4.88%
White: 65.85% (27) Hispanic: 21.95% (9) Black: 7.32% (3) Two+ Races: 4.88% (2)
White65.85%
Hispanic21.95%
Black7.32%
Two+ Races4.88%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 41
53.66%22 Female
46.34%19 Male

Student counts for Center for Career Innovation, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 41 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 94.1%Chronically absent 5.9%
Regular attendance: 94.1% (256) Chronically absent: 5.9% (16)
Regular attendance94.1%
Chronically absent5.9%

Student Population

Students Counted: 272
48%Economically disadvantaged
39.02%16 English learners

Student indicators for Center for Career Innovation, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 272 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 100%
Experienced: 100% (11)
Experienced100%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 10.6 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
47.17%5 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Center for Career Innovation, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 10.6 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
NC Math 395%87.3%
English II94.3%81.1%
Biology80.4%62.7%
NC Math 166.7%22.2%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Biology19.6%17.6%51%11.8%
English II5.7%13.2%71.7%9.4%
NC Math 133.3%44.4%19.4%--
NC Math 3--9.1%40%47.3%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth4.0490

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers10.6
Experienced teachers10.6 (100%)
Beginning teachers0 (0%)
Holding a standard license10.6 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified5

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (16 of 272)5.9%
Economically disadvantaged48%
English learners making progress (of 16)18.8%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.86
Library books per student18.13
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom0.89

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Center for Career Innovation report card PDF

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Center for Career Innovation's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.