Subscribe Contact Us Living Buncombe County Public Schools 175 Bingham Rd. The eighth-largest school system in North Carolina, Buncombe County Schools mission is to meet student's educational needs within an environment of integrity, caring and trust. The system caters to the needs of approximately 24,500 students in 22 elementary schools, six middle schools, six high schools and four special schools.
Students come from a wide range of background and represent an equally wide range of cultures.
The 3,100 teachers, staff members and administrators add an equally varied flavor to the system. Thirty-nine percent of the system's teachers have earned graduate degrees. The seven members of the Buncombe County Board of Education are elected to serve four-year terms, with the next election to be held in November 2000. One candidate is elected from each of the six districts and one at-large. Candidates are elected on a nonpartisan basis.