Enka High

475 Enka Lake Road

School District

Buncombe County Schools
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on July 07, 2022

This has been our personal experience with Enka High School, and I’d like to address both some concerns with Academics and School environment.As far as academics go-If you have a child or student who wants to go into the arts, I would suggest that Enka High School is not a good school for advancement. Very little funding is put into the arts programs, and two classes in the arts have already been cut in the past few years. It appears that Enka prioritizes funding towards their sports programs, and that has resulted in a slow but steady loss of the arts programs. I feel that this puts students in county schools at a large disadvantage compared to city schools. This is a large concern to many students who are low-income, and rely on scholarships for art school.I would like to clarify, that this has nothing to do with the teachers who work in the arts programs. They are all amazing, and do their best to work with the resources that they are given, despite having to pay out of pocket for supplies a majority of the time. They do their best to try to prepare students for what art college will be like. However, I feel that students will have to learn how to adjust quickly to more structure, and higher standards in college.In my personal opinion, staff do very little to address discrimination and harassment within the school. Many teachers and staff have excused discrimination-based bullying, and targeted harassment towards minorities and marginalized groups. In our experience, it’s something that current and former staff members have even contributed to. Many past students who are from a minority or marginalized group, have had to drop out simply due to the bullying and lack of action from staff. I would not ever recommend someone’s child go here, after our experience with the severity of intolerance in the school environment. There is even a bit of a reputation in the general area of it being one of the worst schools as far as bullying goes. If your child already struggles with mental-health issues this is not a good school.Our experience has been that Accommodations for students with IEP’s have also not been respected by all teachers. When these issues get brought up with Administrative staff, there is little to no reprimand, or the student is blamed.I would say it is a very hard learning environment for your child to succeed in, and there are far better schools in the area.
Submitted by student on May 06, 2015

This school is horrid. I am not pushed in any of my classes and my teachers act surprised when I ask for more work. My teachers have told my class that they do not expect us to pass the final exams. I am highly dissatisfied here. I cannot wait to switch school.
Submitted by student on July 22, 2014

Enka is amazing so far. Im going into my sophomore year and the school is great, my classmates are very....unique (; and AP classes are very well rounded. Can't wait for my 2nd year at Enka
Submitted by student on August 29, 2013

Fantastic school. I transferred to Enka my senior year, and started my first day without knowing a soul. By the end of my year, I did not want to leave. I had gone to a private catholic school in FL where I was extremely unhappy. Bullying was a huge issue at my prior school. Everyone at Enka was friendly, and accepting. I can't remember seeing one fight my entire time there. The teachers were fantastic, they cared about their students and genuinly seemed happy to be there. I could not endore this school more. Thank you Enka High School!
Submitted by other on March 14, 2012

The staff is non responsive. I have been trying for over a week to contact someone and there is no reply.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2010

This is the wrost school ever. The staff is awful. But I am glad to see that they are getting a new princple.
Submitted by student on November 20, 2007

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Submitted by parent on August 21, 2007

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