91ÖÆƬ

Clay County Schools

Hayesville, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,322
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
98
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.5:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 72
  • Kindergarten 94
  • Grade 1 108
  • Grade 2 101
  • Grade 3 117
  • Grade 4 79
  • Grade 5 84
  • Grade 6 105
  • Grade 7 103
  • Grade 8 93
  • Grade 9 88
  • Grade 10 96
  • Grade 11 105
  • Grade 12 77

By race/ethnicity

  • White 84%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,310 of 1,322 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 99%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,907 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,968
  • Support services $5,070
  • Other (food service, etc.) $869

Where the money comes from

  • Local 18%
  • State 69%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $20.7 milliontotal spending $20.5 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Remote

Total staff (FTE)

181

District office

154 Yellow Jacket Drive, Hayesville NC 28904

County

Clay County

Official website

NCES District ID

3700870

We are a directory, not the district. Messages sent to us do not reach the district — use the contact details above to reach it directly. If something on this page is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.

About Clay County Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Clay County School Systemis located in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. It is a small, rural school system of approximately 1,250 students. There are three schools in the county located on a single campus. Hayesville Elementary is a K-4 school of approximately 450 students. Hayesville Middle School is a 5-8 school with approximately 400 students and Hayesville High School is a 9-12 school with approximately 400 students. All schools are accredited by the North Carolina State Board of Education and Hayesville High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Advertisement