Editing Asheville, North Carolina (section)

==Education==
[[File:Asheville High School, Asheville, NC (45917754964).jpg|thumb|Asheville High School, designed by [[Douglas Ellington]]]]
Students (K–12) are assigned to one of two public school systems in the city of Asheville, Buncombe County Schools or Asheville City Schools, based on address.

Public [[Asheville City Schools]] include [[Asheville High School]] (known as Lee H Edwards High School 1935–1969), School of Inquiry and Life Sciences at Asheville, Asheville Middle School, Claxton Elementary, Randolph Learning Center, Hall Fletcher Elementary, Isaac Dickson Elementary, Ira B. Jones Elementary, and Lucy Herring <ref>{{Cite web | title=School Directory| url= https://www.ashevillecityschools.net/Vance |access-date=2024-06-03 | website=www.ashevillecityschools.net | language=en-US}}</ref> Elementary.

The [[Buncombe County Schools System]] operates high schools, middle schools and elementary schools both inside and outside the city of Asheville. [[North Buncombe High School]], [[T. C. Roberson High School]] and [[A. C. Reynolds High School]] are three Buncombe County schools located in Asheville.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools Directory |url=http://www.buncombeschools.org/about/our_schools/schools_directory |access-date=2020-10-23 |website=www.buncombeschools.org |language=en-US |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031000243/https://www.buncombeschools.org/about/our_schools/schools_directory |url-status=live}}</ref>

Asheville was formerly home to one of the few [[Sudbury school]]s in the Southeast, Katuah Sudbury School. It is also home to several [[charter school]]s, including Francine Delany New School for Children (one of the first charter schools in North Carolina), ArtSpace Charter School, Invest Collegiate Imagine, and Evergreen Community Charter School, an [[Outward Bound]]-Expeditionary Learning School, recognized as one of the most environmentally conscious schools in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.evergreenccs.org/ |title=Evergreen Community Charter School, Asheville North Carolina - Evergreen Community Charter School, Asheville North Carolina |publisher=Evergreenccs.org |access-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706022851/http://www.evergreenccs.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Two private residential high schools are located in the Asheville area: the all-male [[Christ School (North Carolina)|Christ School]] (located in [[Arden, North Carolina|Arden]]) and the co-educational [[Asheville School]]. Other private schools include [[Carolina Day School]], Veritas Christian Academy, Asheville Catholic School,<ref>{{cite web |title=Asheville Catholic School |url=http://www.ashevillecatholic.org/ |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616094615/http://www.ashevillecatholic.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Canongate Catholic High School,<ref>{{cite web |title=Canongate Catholic Highschool |url=https://canongatecatholic.org/ |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202020557/http://www.canongatecatholic.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Asheville Christian Academy]].

===Colleges===
Asheville and its surrounding area have several institutions of higher education:

* [[Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College]]
* [[Lenoir–Rhyne University]], center for Graduate Studies of Asheville
* [[South College]] (Asheville campus)
* [[University of North Carolina at Asheville]]