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Ashe County Schools is located in northwest North Carolina. Ashe County Schools has 426.13 square miles of land area and 3.13 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Ashe County Schools population is 27,173. Ashe County Schools median household income is $36,244 in 2010-2014. Ashe County Schools median house value is $151,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Ashe County Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (6 out of 104, top 6%) Elementary/Middle School: (22 out of 115, top 19%)* Rank: #13
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	5
Population	27,173 (2010-2014), rank #79
Population Growth	6.70% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	63.30/sq mi, rank #86
Median Household Income:	$36,244 at 2010-2014—2.64% increase since 2005-2009, rank #83
Median House Price:	$151,300 at 2010-2014—9.16% increase since 2005-2009, rank #38
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	426.13 sq mi, rank #57
Water Area:	3.13 sq mi (0.73%), rank #72
State:	North Carolina
County:	Ashe County
City:	West Jefferson, Crumpler, Lansing, Grassy Creek, Creston, Fleetwood, Laurel Springs, Todd, Glendale Springs, Zionville, Warrensville, Scottville
Zip:	28694, 28640, 28617, 28643, 28631, 28615, 28626, 28644, 28684, 28629, 28698, 28693, 28672
Area:	Boone, NC

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Ashe County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

320 South St

Jefferson NC, 28640, Ashe County

Phone: 336-246-7175

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,174	3,316	3,277	3,297	3,339	3,533	3,330
English Language Learner Students:	101	119	125	133	141	138	164
Total Teachers:	231.79	234.40	235.24	243.93	253.98	255.60	255.20
Prekindergarten:	5.26	6.00	5.00	8.00	8.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	14.59	14.98	5.56	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Elementary:	144.74	145.46	154.34	127.57	129.48	140.00	138.70
Secondary:	65.46	66.96	70.34	108.36	116.50	115.60	116.50
Ungraded:	1.74	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	258.49	257.19	257.68	268.73	275.40	297.00	294.10
Instructional Aides:	60.90	60.40	57.70	67.63	71.73	72.40	74.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	6.00	3.89	5.48	6.00	5.00	8.50	7.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	7.88	9.00	8.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.88	6.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	8.50	8.50	8.50	9.00	9.30	11.00	10.00
District Administrative Support:	7.11	7.00	8.14	8.85	8.97	7.90	8.00
School Administrators:	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.50	11.00	12.00	11.90
School Administrative Support:	17.59	17.57	14.54	15.48	14.63	17.70	18.50
Student Support Services:	19.15	19.78	22.47	20.86	20.93	22.40	21.50
Other Support Services:	114.24	116.05	116.85	115.41	115.96	126.10	125.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.69	14.15	13.93	13.52	13.15	13.82	13.05

Schools

Ashe County High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	184 Campus Dr, West Jefferson NC 28694
Ashe County Middle	Grade 7 to Grade 8	255 Northwest Ln, Warrensville NC 28693
Blue Ridge Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	5778 Nc Hwy 88 West, Warrensville NC 28693
Mountain View Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	2789 Hwy 221 North, Jefferson NC 28640
Westwood Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	4083 Us Hwy 221s, West Jefferson NC 28694

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.4%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.8%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	73.9%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.7%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.7%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.1%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	45.2%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	93.9%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	80%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	80.9%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	83.8%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	73.4%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	91.7%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	64.8%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	64.9%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	79.7%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	82.5%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	90.3%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	83.5%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	87.4%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	37.0%	45.6%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	90.3%	77.1%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	83.6%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	55.7%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	71.1%	65.8%
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	77.5%	68.5%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	82.7%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	82%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	83.9%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	86.2%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	77.7%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	77.9%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	74%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	82.9%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	82.4%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	86.7%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	49.4%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	81%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	85.1%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	90.9%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	80.6%	69.1%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	85.5%	58.4%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	93.8%	62.7%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	76.4%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	76.5%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	92.9%	85.1%
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	85.9%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	51.3%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	65.9%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	71.2%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	83.3%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	87.8%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	82%	81.5%
EOG Test
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	19.2%	17.6%
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	31.6%	22.6%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	37.5%	25.1%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	40%	18.5%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	77.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	53.9%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	89.6%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.5%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.7%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	68%	69.9%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	67.8%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.1%	70.9%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	73.2%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	81.3%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.9%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	82.1%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	43.0%	46.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	82.9%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	81.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.5%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.6%	65.5%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	66.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.2%	67.6%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.7%	68.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	43.9%	45.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	63%	65%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	65.4%	67.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	70%	72.8%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	81.5%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	83%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	83.8%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	85.1%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	52.5%	47.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	83.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.1%	85.2%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	59.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.3%	69.1%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76%	71.6%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.8%	71.6%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	67.9%	71.6%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	41.8%	43.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.4%	49.5%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	47.3%	52%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	53.6%	58.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	61.4%	63.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	72.5%	66.7%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	76%	69.6%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	80.1%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	81.2%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.5%	82%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.2%	82.1%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	47.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.6%	88.4%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	92.5%	89.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	55.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73%	68.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.8%	71.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	78.1%	72.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	72.3%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	37.6%	39.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41.9%	40.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	60.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	68.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.2%	73.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81.9%	75.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	53.5%	45.4%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	70.4%	61.9%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67.3%	64.6%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.1%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	85.2%	80.5%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	80.7%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	80.5%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49.4%	38.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88.4%	81.5%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.7%	82.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	59.3%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79.8%	71%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.3%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.5%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82.7%	75.2%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.8%	46.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	61.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	63.5%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	85.1%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	80.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	81.1%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90%	81.1%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	49.1%	38.5%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92.7%	86.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93.8%	86.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.9%	51.1%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	65%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	66.8%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.7%	67.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	68.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	59.1%	47.8%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	70.8%	46%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	50.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	67%	57.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	60.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	65.1%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	80.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	83.9%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	84.4%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.2%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	47.8%	34.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.9%	86.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92.7%	87.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	54.2%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	66.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.7%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	69.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.8%	71.1%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.0%	41.0%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.4%	51.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	67.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	72.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.7%	74.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.6%	77.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	58.8%	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:	$33,382,000	$10,187		$35,847,000	$10,873		$33,678,000	$10,086
Federal:	$4,809,000	$1,468	14.4%	$5,129,000	$1,556	14.3%	$5,393,000	$1,615	16.0%
State:	$21,172,000	$6,461	63.4%	$21,334,000	$6,471	59.5%	$20,764,000	$6,219	61.7%
Local:	$7,401,000	$2,258	22.2%	$9,384,000	$2,846	26.2%	$7,521,000	$2,252	22.3%
Total Expenditures:	$34,083,000	$10,401		$34,320,000	$10,409		$34,304,000	$10,274
Total Current Expenditures:	$30,287,000	$9,242		$30,339,000	$9,202		$31,116,000	$9,319
Instructional Expenditures:	$18,659,000	$5,694	61.6%	$18,662,000	$5,660	61.5%	$19,347,000	$5,794	62.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,500,000	$763	8.3%	$2,457,000	$745	8.1%	$2,686,000	$804	8.6%
Administration:	$2,735,000	$835	9.0%	$2,698,000	$818	8.9%	$2,681,000	$803	8.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,393,000	$1,951	21.1%	$6,522,000	$1,978	21.5%	$6,402,000	$1,917	20.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,869,000	$875		$3,084,000	$935		$2,217,000	$664
Construction:	$950,000	$290		$542,000	$164		$26,000	$8
Total Other:	$67,000	$20		$68,000	$21		$76,000	$23
Interest on Debt:	$695,000	$212		$591,000	$179		$674,000	$202

Total Salary:	$18,582,000	$5,670		$18,986,000	$5,759		$19,877,000	$5,953
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$12,605,000	$3,847	67.8%	$12,952,000	$3,928	68.2%	$13,673,000	$4,095	68.8%
Other Salary:	$5,977,000	$1,824	32.2%	$6,034,000	$1,830	31.8%	$6,204,000	$1,858	31.2%
Total Benefit:	$6,137,000	$1,873		$5,909,000	$1,792		$5,615,000	$1,682
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,084,000	$1,246	66.5%	$3,944,000	$1,196	66.7%	$3,762,000	$1,127	67.0%
Other Benefit:	$2,053,000	$626	33.5%	$1,965,000	$596	33.3%	$1,853,000	$555	33.0%

* Ashe County Schools was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.