North CarolinaSchoolsLeicester Elementary

Leicester Elementary

PublicGrades -14
Leicester, North Carolina · Buncombe County Schools
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students394
ST Ratio13.6:1
FRL99%
Title INo
Environment

Leicester Elementary — Environment & Air Quality

Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Leicester Elementary in Leicester, North Carolina.

Latest Air Quality Index
34
Good · monitor 12.5 km away
PM2.5 annual6.5 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr2
TRI sites within 1 mi0
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
34
AQI latest — Good
34
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
6.5
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
46.9
Ozone annual ppb
Public Water System
COSTA FARMS · PWS NC1011077
2
Health-based violations (10yr)
0
Acute violations (10yr)
200
Population served
66
Most recent violation type
2025-10-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
0
TRI sites within 1 mile
1
TRI sites within 5 miles
15.5 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
CHEMTRONICS INC
6.7 mi
Nearest brownfield
ELK MOUNTAIN LANDFILL
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).