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Jackson County Schools

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Jackson County Schools is located in west North Carolina. Jackson County Schools has 460.29 square miles of land area and 3.79 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Jackson County Schools population is 36,500. Jackson County Schools median household income is $37,742 in 2010-2014. Jackson County Schools median house value is $182,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Jackson County Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (14 out of 104, top 13%) Elementary/Middle School: (48 out of 115, top 42%)* Rank: #33
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	36,500 (2010-2014), rank #66
Population Growth	10.03% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	78.65/sq mi, rank #80
Median Household Income:	$37,742 at 2010-2014—-3.41% increase since 2005-2009, rank #73
Median House Price:	$182,100 at 2010-2014—13.88% increase since 2005-2009, rank #14
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	460.29 sq mi, rank #51
Water Area:	3.79 sq mi (0.82%), rank #66
State:	North Carolina
County:	Jackson County
City:	Sylva, Webster, Waynesville, Balsam, Tuckasegee, Cullowhee, Whittier, Cherokee, Maggie Valley, Cashiers, Glenville, Dillsboro, Forest Hills, Sapphire, Highlands, Lake Toxaway
Zip:	28779, 28786, 28707, 28783, 28723, 28789, 28719, 28751, 28717, 28736, 28725, 28774, 28741, 28747
Area:	Asheville, NC;Brevard, NC

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Jackson County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

398 Hospital Rd

Sylva NC, 28779, Jackson County

Phone: 828-586-2311

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,649	3,662	3,686	3,644	3,633	3,732	3,666
English Language Learner Students:	137	129	129	142	147	140	167
Total Teachers:	247.16	248.99	242.77	247.78	249.47	261.90	269.90
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	16.75	18.03	16.79	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Elementary:	155.10	153.99	150.27	173.06	172.22	179.80	200.20
Secondary:	74.38	75.47	74.71	72.72	72.25	79.30	67.70
Ungraded:	0.93	1.50	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.80	2.00
Total Other Staff:	261.16	270.00	269.64	268.85	253.79	279.20	288.80
Instructional Aides:	61.39	70.92	74.11	77.12	69.31	87.50	99.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.73	6.24	10.00	7.07	10.40	7.50	3.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.58	11.48	10.83	9.66	10.00	10.80	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	6.05	5.95	5.01	4.99	5.50	6.40	7.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.36	5.15	5.50	4.67	4.50	4.40	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.17	0.38	0.32	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.50	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
District Administrators:	8.30	9.00	9.00	8.43	9.00	9.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	17.25	16.00	15.25	14.82	15.75	17.00	16.80
School Administrators:	16.00	16.68	15.64	14.76	14.00	16.80	16.00
School Administrative Support:	20.41	19.22	20.21	20.41	19.98	21.00	18.00
Student Support Services:	33.70	27.16	28.51	27.06	22.81	24.40	23.70
Other Support Services:	83.30	87.30	80.09	83.52	76.54	79.20	85.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.76	14.71	15.18	14.71	14.56	14.25	13.58

Schools

Blue Ridge Early College	Grade 7 to Grade 12	95 Bobcat Dr, Cashiers NC 28717
Blue Ridge School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	95 Bobcat Dr, Cashiers NC 28717
Cullowhee Valley School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	240 Wisdom Dr, Cullowhee NC 28723
Fairview Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 8	251 Big Orange Way, Sylva NC 28779
Jackson Co Early College	Grade 9 to Grade 12	404 College Dr, Sylva NC 28779
Jackson Co School Of Alternatives	Kindergarten to Grade 12	3770 Skyland Dr, Sylva NC 28779
Scotts Creek Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 8	516 Parris Branch, Sylva NC 28779
Smokey Mountain Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 8	884 Us Hwy 441n, Whittier NC 28789
Smoky Mountain High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	100 Smoky Mountain Dr, Sylva NC 28779

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.4%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66.3%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	67.9%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	65.5%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	75.6%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74.9%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	74.8%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	39.6%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	71.1%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	66.5%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	72.5%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	70.4%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	91.8%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	79.2%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	66.3%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	72.3%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	68.5%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	81.4%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	91%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	87.5%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	86.6%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	36.7%	45.6%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	67.5%	77.1%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	80%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	61%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72.6%	65.8%
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72.6%	68.5%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	65.7%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72.9%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	74%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	81.7%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	72.3%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	74.8%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	77.9%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	85.7%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	82.2%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	87.5%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	53.9%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	72.2%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	62.7%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	74.6%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	83.1%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	91.8%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	69%	69.1%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	60.3%	58.4%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	80.6%	62.7%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	86.5%	76.4%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	83.5%	76.5%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	70%	85.1%
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	40%	81.5%
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	85.9%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	57.1%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	62.5%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	71.9%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	68.2%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	77.5%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	82.9%	81.5%
EOG Test
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	29.6%	17.6%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	52.4%	22.6%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	52.9%	25.1%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	38.5%	18.5%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	40%	56%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	39.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	44.2%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	66.7%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68.7%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	70.1%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	65.5%	69.9%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63.9%	67.8%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	70.9%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	73.2%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84.1%	81.3%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	81.9%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80.3%	82.1%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.1%	82.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	35.2%	46.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	82.9%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78.2%	81.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.5%	54.5%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.1%	65.5%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	66.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.5%	67.6%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	68.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	37.7%	45.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.5%	65%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	67.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	73.7%	72.8%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	81.5%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	83%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	83.8%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.3%	85.1%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	37.4%	47.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.5%	83.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.1%	85.2%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	59.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.1%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.9%	71.6%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	71.6%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.6%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	42.7%	43.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	43.1%	49.5%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	41.5%	52%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.4%	58.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	50.8%	63.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	66.7%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64%	69.6%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82%	80.1%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	81.2%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.2%	82%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.4%	82.1%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	43.6%	47.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	88.4%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.8%	89.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.3%	55.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69%	68.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.2%	71.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	72.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	72.3%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	39.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	54%	40.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	60.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	68.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.6%	73.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	75.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.6%	45.4%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.8%	61.9%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	64.6%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76.8%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	78.1%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	80.5%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	80.7%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.5%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	29.8%	38.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.5%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	82.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	59.3%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.1%	71%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.3%	75.2%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.3%	46.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	61.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	63.5%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	67.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85.9%	80.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	81.1%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	81.1%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	38.5%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.5%	86.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	86.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	51.1%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	71.6%	65%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.8%	66.8%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	67.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.7%	68.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.8%	47.8%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.1%	46%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	53.4%	50.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	57.4%	57.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	60.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	65.1%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	72.1%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	80.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.9%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88.8%	84.4%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91%	85.2%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	34.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	86.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	87.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.1%	54.2%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	66.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.3%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.5%	69.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.1%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.2%	41.0%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.9%	51.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	67.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	72.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.6%	74.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.1%	77.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	54.9%	59.1%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$35,876,000	$9,733		$40,186,000	$11,028		$38,612,000	$10,628
Federal:	$5,643,000	$1,531	15.7%	$6,820,000	$1,872	17.0%	$5,676,000	$1,562	14.7%
State:	$20,658,000	$5,604	57.6%	$20,602,000	$5,654	51.3%	$20,905,000	$5,754	54.1%
Local:	$9,575,000	$2,598	26.7%	$12,764,000	$3,503	31.8%	$12,031,000	$3,312	31.2%
Total Expenditures:	$35,926,000	$9,747		$36,604,000	$10,045		$34,471,000	$9,488
Total Current Expenditures:	$33,090,000	$8,977		$33,049,000	$9,069		$32,179,000	$8,857
Instructional Expenditures:	$19,825,000	$5,378	59.9%	$20,215,000	$5,547	61.2%	$20,297,000	$5,587	63.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,092,000	$839	9.3%	$2,976,000	$817	9.0%	$2,599,000	$715	8.1%
Administration:	$3,754,000	$1,018	11.3%	$3,518,000	$965	10.6%	$3,375,000	$929	10.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,419,000	$1,741	19.4%	$6,340,000	$1,740	19.2%	$5,908,000	$1,626	18.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,903,000	$516		$1,903,000	$522		$1,010,000	$278
Construction:	$1,124,000	$305		$735,000	$202		$79,000	$22
Total Other:	$8,000	$2		$8,000	$2		$26,000	$7
Interest on Debt:	$700,000	$190		$864,000	$237		$1,026,000	$282

Total Salary:	$19,939,000	$5,409		$20,513,000	$5,629		$20,247,000	$5,573
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$13,159,000	$3,570	66.0%	$13,732,000	$3,768	66.9%	$13,808,000	$3,801	68.2%
Other Salary:	$6,780,000	$1,839	34.0%	$6,781,000	$1,861	33.1%	$6,439,000	$1,772	31.8%
Total Benefit:	$6,542,000	$1,775		$6,235,000	$1,711		$5,598,000	$1,541
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,254,000	$1,154	65.0%	$4,117,000	$1,130	66.0%	$3,747,000	$1,031	66.9%
Other Benefit:	$2,288,000	$621	35.0%	$2,118,000	$581	34.0%	$1,851,000	$509	33.1%

* Jackson County Schools was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.