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Watauga County Schools is located in west North Carolina. Watauga County Schools has 312.56 square miles of land area and 0.90 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Watauga County Schools population is 51,903. Watauga County Schools median household income is $35,491 in 2010-2014. Watauga County Schools median house value is $225,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Watauga County Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (3 out of 104, top 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (3 out of 115, top 3%)* Rank: #5
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	9
Population	51,903 (2010-2014), rank #49
Population Growth	16.28% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	165.59/sq mi, rank #47
Median Household Income:	$35,491 at 2010-2014—5.00% increase since 2005-2009, rank #89
Median House Price:	$225,600 at 2010-2014—13.03% increase since 2005-2009, rank #5
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	312.56 sq mi, rank #80
Water Area:	0.90 sq mi (0.29%), rank #97
State:	North Carolina
County:	Watauga County
City:	Banner Elk, Boone, Vilas, Sugar Grove, Blowing Rock, Valle Crucis, Seven Devils, Foscoe, Deep Gap, Todd, Zionville, Cove Creek, Beech Mountain, Lenoir
Zip:	28604, 28607, 28692, 28679, 28605, 28618, 28684, 28698, 28645
Area:	Boone, NC

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Watauga County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

175 Pioneer Trail

Boone NC, 28607, Watauga County

Phone: 828-264-7190

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,325	4,550	4,588	4,508	4,502	4,622	4,469
English Language Learner Students:	126	121	135	135	143	132	140
Total Teachers:	351.43	356.13	352.43	339.71	340.50	361.20	359.00
Prekindergarten:	7.00	8.63	11.00	11.00	9.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	22.73	22.13	17.53	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Elementary:	219.24	217.44	221.21	246.32	237.52	250.00	245.50
Secondary:	101.79	104.62	101.59	81.64	93.48	109.10	111.50
Ungraded:	0.67	3.31	1.10	0.75	0.50	2.10	2.00
Total Other Staff:	273.55	268.83	270.11	287.54	295.81	321.70	319.30
Instructional Aides:	61.04	64.25	73.31	73.67	73.08	94.40	95.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.00	4.50	5.00	3.00	3.21	3.20	3.40
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.94	11.88	9.38	13.66	13.51	15.30	15.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	8.00	7.50	6.90	8.78	8.72	9.60	9.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.94	4.38	2.48	4.88	4.79	5.70	5.70
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.70	3.20	3.70	10.63	11.00	11.50	11.30
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
District Administrators:	9.90	10.96	8.88	9.68	9.66	9.80	9.00
District Administrative Support:	17.46	13.50	14.00	17.00	18.62	21.60	20.60
School Administrators:	15.90	15.00	13.79	14.93	15.00	15.90	13.90
School Administrative Support:	22.05	22.06	21.79	21.76	22.72	21.90	22.70
Student Support Services:	39.46	36.21	35.04	37.47	33.49	34.60	29.10
Other Support Services:	89.10	87.27	85.22	85.74	95.52	93.50	98.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.31	12.78	13.02	13.27	13.22	12.80	12.45

Schools

Bethel Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	138 Bethel School Rd, Sugar Grove NC 28679
Blowing Rock Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	165 Morris St, Blowing Rock NC 28605
Cove Creek Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	930 Vanderpool Rd, Vilas NC 28692
Green Valley Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	189 Big Hill Rd, Boone NC 28607
Hardin Park Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	361 Jefferson Rd, Boone NC 28607
Mabel Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	404 Mabel School Rd, Zionville NC 28698
Parkway Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	160 Parkway School Dr, Boone NC 28607
Valle Crucis Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	2998 Broadstone Rd, Sugar Grove NC 28679
Watauga High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	300 Go Pioneers Dr, Boone NC 28607

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	90.5%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	82.6%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.9%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.9%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.1%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	85.9%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.2%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	43.9%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	92.3%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	78.6%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	74.7%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	79.3%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	92.5%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	89.3%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	69.7%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	73%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	74.8%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	75.4%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	91.2%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.6%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	89.8%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	53.5%	45.6%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	86.9%	77.1%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	75.9%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	82.1%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	82.7%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72.2%	65.8%
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	78.2%	68.5%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	79.3%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	85.8%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	87.4%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	92.8%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	86.7%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	85.1%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	82.8%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	88.7%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	88.4%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	88.4%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	60.0%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88.8%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	80.6%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	82.4%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	84.6%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93.9%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	65.3%	69.1%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	67.4%	58.4%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	56.5%	62.7%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	82.5%	76.4%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	73.8%	85.1%
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	66.1%	81.5%
2009	Physics	End of course	% met std	66.7%	85.9%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	59.3%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	75.2%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	73.5%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	76.8%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	84.9%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	82.8%	81.5%
EOG Test
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	25%	17.6%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	33.3%	25.1%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	28.6%	18.5%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	80.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	55.6%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.1%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	81.6%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	74.8%	69.9%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	67.8%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.4%	70.9%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90.3%	73.2%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	81.3%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81.9%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.3%	82.1%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	86.4%	82.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	46.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.9%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	81.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	76%	54.5%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.9%	65.5%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	66.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77.8%	67.6%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.3%	68.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.5%	45.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	79.8%	65%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	67.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85.7%	72.8%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	81.5%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	83%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	88.4%	83.8%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.2%	85.1%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	50.3%	47.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	92.5%	83.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.8%	85.2%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.9%	59.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	86.5%	69.1%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	71.6%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.5%	71.6%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.9%	71.6%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	49.4%	43.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	49.5%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	59.1%	52%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	58.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	63.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	66.7%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	69.6%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	80.1%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	81.2%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	82%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86.8%	82.1%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	52.3%	47.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	88.4%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	89.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	73.2%	55.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.3%	68.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.1%	71.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.8%	72.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	72.3%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50.2%	39.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	59.6%	40.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	78.2%	60.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88.4%	68.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.8%	73.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.2%	75.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	45.4%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	61.9%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	64.6%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90%	78.1%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90.4%	80.5%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93.3%	80.7%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90.7%	80.5%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	52.8%	38.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	81.5%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.4%	82.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	59.3%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.7%	71%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	75.3%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.9%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.2%	75.2%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	63.1%	46.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79.2%	61.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80.7%	63.5%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	84.1%	67.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93.5%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92.8%	80.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	92.2%	81.1%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	93%	81.1%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	38.5%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	86.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	86.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.9%	51.1%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	65%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86.4%	66.8%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82.8%	67.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.8%	68.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.6%	47.8%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	46%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	50.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	71.8%	57.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	60.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	65.1%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86.6%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	80.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.9%	83.9%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.4%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	85.2%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	34.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	86.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	87.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.3%	54.2%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	66.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86.9%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	69.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	71.1%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.5%	41.0%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	51.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.5%	67.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87.2%	72.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	74.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	85.6%	77.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.2%	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:	$43,582,000	$9,499		$51,929,000	$11,519		$51,799,000	$11,506
Federal:	$4,833,000	$1,053	11.1%	$6,116,000	$1,357	11.8%	$5,265,000	$1,169	10.2%
State:	$24,655,000	$5,374	56.6%	$23,774,000	$5,274	45.8%	$24,587,000	$5,461	47.5%
Local:	$14,094,000	$3,072	32.3%	$22,039,000	$4,889	42.4%	$21,947,000	$4,875	42.4%
Total Expenditures:	$45,920,000	$10,009		$47,429,000	$10,521		$49,516,000	$10,999
Total Current Expenditures:	$40,437,000	$8,814		$41,072,000	$9,111		$43,251,000	$9,607
Instructional Expenditures:	$26,633,000	$5,805	65.9%	$25,950,000	$5,756	63.2%	$27,864,000	$6,189	64.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,098,000	$675	7.7%	$4,070,000	$903	9.9%	$4,208,000	$935	9.7%
Administration:	$4,128,000	$900	10.2%	$4,426,000	$982	10.8%	$4,362,000	$969	10.1%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,578,000	$1,434	16.3%	$6,626,000	$1,470	16.1%	$6,817,000	$1,514	15.8%
Total Capital Outlay:	$594,000	$129		$1,143,000	$254		$851,000	$189
Construction:	$327,000	$71		$218,000	$48		$474,000	$105
Total Other:	$350,000	$76		$342,000	$76		$337,000	$75
Interest on Debt:	$4,486,000	$978		$4,720,000	$1,047		$4,865,000	$1,081

Total Salary:	$26,951,000	$5,874		$27,510,000	$6,102		$29,473,000	$6,547
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$19,138,000	$4,171	71.0%	$18,825,000	$4,176	68.4%	$20,294,000	$4,508	68.9%
Other Salary:	$7,813,000	$1,703	29.0%	$8,685,000	$1,927	31.6%	$9,179,000	$2,039	31.1%
Total Benefit:	$8,854,000	$1,930		$8,221,000	$1,824		$8,650,000	$1,921
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,300,000	$1,373	71.2%	$5,604,000	$1,243	68.2%	$6,060,000	$1,346	70.1%
Other Benefit:	$2,554,000	$557	28.8%	$2,617,000	$581	31.8%	$2,590,000	$575	29.9%

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