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Alleghany County Schools

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Alleghany County Schools is located in northwest North Carolina. Alleghany County Schools has 235.06 square miles of land area and 1.49 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Alleghany County Schools population is 10,974. Alleghany County Schools median household income is $35,319 in 2010-2014. Alleghany County Schools median house value is $145,500 in 2010-2014. On average, Alleghany County Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(25 out of 115, top 22%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	10,974 (2010-2014), rank #108
Population Growth	0.63% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	46.39/sq mi, rank #103
Median Household Income:	$35,319 at 2010-2014—8.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #91
Median House Price:	$145,500 at 2010-2014—10.73% increase since 2005-2009, rank #41
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	235.06 sq mi, rank #95
Water Area:	1.49 sq mi (0.63%), rank #90
State:	North Carolina
County:	Alleghany County
City:	Sparta, Laurel Springs, Glade Valley, Piney Creek, Grassy Creek, Ennice, Roaring Gap
Zip:	28675, 28644, 28627, 28663, 28631, 28623, 28668

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Alleghany County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

85 Peachtree St

Sparta NC, 28675, Alleghany County

Phone: 336-372-4345

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,471	1,507	1,555	1,558	1,596	1,618	1,667
English Language Learner Students:	96	91	100	84	109	144	162
Total Teachers:	122.12	118.17	120.80	123.80	125.26	134.90	129.90
Prekindergarten:	4.25	5.25	2.47	1.72	0.70	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	8.96	8.26	2.65	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Elementary:	72.49	70.65	80.31	86.58	89.06	97.20	92.90
Secondary:	35.67	33.26	34.50	35.50	35.50	37.70	37.00
Ungraded:	0.75	0.75	0.87	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	122.22	119.25	107.40	118.20	131.56	144.40	143.60
Instructional Aides:	23.15	25.34	23.13	26.69	30.20	40.70	42.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.15	2.15	2.69	2.50	6.37	3.50	2.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	4.00	4.50	4.50	5.20	5.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.50	2.50	3.20	3.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.70	1.90
District Administrators:	6.85	6.35	4.81	5.50	5.02	6.50	6.50
District Administrative Support:	7.65	8.57	8.39	9.52	9.10	9.10	7.20
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	12.23	10.97	10.48	10.68	10.65	10.90	9.90
Student Support Services:	13.69	11.30	10.43	12.27	14.61	12.70	13.60
Other Support Services:	44.50	40.57	34.47	34.54	39.11	44.10	45.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.05	12.75	12.87	12.58	12.74	11.99	12.83

Schools

Alleghany High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	404 Trojan Ave, Sparta NC 28675
Glade Creek Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	32 Glade Creek Sch Rd, Ennice NC 28623
Piney Creek Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	559 Piney Creek Sch Rd, Piney Creek NC 28663
Sparta Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	450 North Main St, Sparta NC 28675

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	87.4%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66.4%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73.1%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78.1%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	72.5%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.4%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	43.4%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	86.8%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	82.5%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	82%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	72.5%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	94.2%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	91%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	76.6%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	57.1%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	74%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	62.3%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	87.9%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	77.9%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	94%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	58.0%	45.6%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	81.3%	77.1%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	85.7%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	81.7%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72.7%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	67.3%	65.8%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	83.3%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	86.6%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	82.2%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	87.8%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	70.3%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	72.6%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	63.2%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	82%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	88.6%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	85.8%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	65.0%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86.9%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81.5%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86.3%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88.7%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	94.5%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	75.2%	69.1%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	57.8%	58.4%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	47.9%	62.7%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	66.3%	76.4%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	69.1%	76.5%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	71.4%	85.1%
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	50%	81.5%
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	63.6%	85.9%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	60.2%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	63.8%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	53.9%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	66.4%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	75.2%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	71%	81.5%
EOG Test
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	< 5.0%	17.6%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	< 5.0%	18.5%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	43.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	41.3%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	64%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	57.1%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	57.8%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	72.4%	69.9%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	67.8%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	70.9%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.6%	73.2%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.4%	81.3%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	88.1%	81.9%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	82.1%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	34.7%	46.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.9%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.9%	81.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.8%	54.5%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.5%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76.3%	66.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.6%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.6%	45.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	65%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70.8%	67.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87.5%	72.8%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.4%	81.5%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	92.9%	83%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.3%	83.8%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.9%	85.1%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	47.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	83.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.8%	85.2%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.9%	59.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70.6%	69.1%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.3%	71.6%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82.1%	71.6%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.1%	71.6%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	43.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	40.7%	49.5%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	49.1%	52%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	46.9%	58.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	69.6%	63.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	66.7%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	69.6%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	88.7%	80.1%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.2%	81.2%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	82%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	82.1%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	43.1%	47.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	88.4%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	89.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	57.1%	55.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	68.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68%	71.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.9%	72.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	72.3%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.0%	39.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	45.7%	40.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	75%	60.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	85%	73.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	64%	75.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50.5%	45.4%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	57.4%	61.9%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.1%	64.6%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.2%	78.1%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85.8%	80.5%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89.9%	80.7%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	80.5%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	34.8%	38.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.9%	81.5%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	82.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.2%	59.3%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	71%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.2%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	75.2%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.9%	46.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55.4%	61.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	63.5%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	67.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87%	80.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91.3%	81.1%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.1%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	43.0%	38.5%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.9%	86.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.4%	86.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67%	51.1%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.2%	65%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.1%	66.8%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	68.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	47.8%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	40.3%	46%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	45.5%	50.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58.1%	57.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59.7%	60.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	65.1%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.4%	80.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	83.9%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.6%	84.4%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	85.2%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	33.1%	34.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93%	87.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60%	54.2%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.2%	66.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.5%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	69.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.1%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.3%	41.0%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	51.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.8%	67.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.3%	72.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	74.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	77.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	50.4%	59.1%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$16,825,000	$10,820		$18,771,000	$12,048		$17,987,000	$11,270
Federal:	$2,489,000	$1,601	14.8%	$2,978,000	$1,911	15.9%	$3,110,000	$1,949	17.3%
State:	$10,769,000	$6,925	64.0%	$11,105,000	$7,128	59.2%	$10,967,000	$6,872	61.0%
Local:	$3,567,000	$2,294	21.2%	$4,688,000	$3,009	25.0%	$3,910,000	$2,450	21.7%
Total Expenditures:	$16,466,000	$10,589		$17,749,000	$11,392		$17,655,000	$11,062
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,613,000	$10,041		$16,666,000	$10,697		$16,710,000	$10,470
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,272,000	$5,963	59.4%	$10,069,000	$6,463	60.4%	$10,151,000	$6,360	60.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,219,000	$784	7.8%	$1,399,000	$898	8.4%	$1,493,000	$935	8.9%
Administration:	$2,144,000	$1,379	13.7%	$2,168,000	$1,392	13.0%	$2,047,000	$1,283	12.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,978,000	$1,915	19.1%	$3,030,000	$1,945	18.2%	$3,019,000	$1,892	18.1%
Total Capital Outlay:	$291,000	$187		$496,000	$318		$541,000	$339
Construction:	$188,000	$121		$197,000	$126		$297,000	$186
Total Other:	$85,000	$55		$70,000	$45		$113,000	$71
Interest on Debt:	$437,000	$281		$457,000	$293		$281,000	$176

Total Salary:	$9,805,000	$6,305		$10,600,000	$6,804		$10,801,000	$6,768
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$6,524,000	$4,195	66.5%	$7,150,000	$4,589	67.5%	$7,279,000	$4,561	67.4%
Other Salary:	$3,281,000	$2,110	33.5%	$3,450,000	$2,214	32.5%	$3,522,000	$2,207	32.6%
Total Benefit:	$3,041,000	$1,956		$3,025,000	$1,942		$2,832,000	$1,774
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,061,000	$1,325	67.8%	$2,053,000	$1,318	67.9%	$1,924,000	$1,206	67.9%
Other Benefit:	$980,000	$630	32.2%	$972,000	$624	32.1%	$908,000	$569	32.1%

* Alleghany 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.