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Jackson County Public Schools

Sylva, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,444
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
201
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.2:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 106
  • Kindergarten 216
  • Grade 1 229
  • Grade 2 229
  • Grade 3 275
  • Grade 4 275
  • Grade 5 248
  • Grade 6 237
  • Grade 7 236
  • Grade 8 274
  • Grade 9 293
  • Grade 10 279
  • Grade 11 278
  • Grade 12 263
  • Grade 13 6

By race/ethnicity

  • White 62%
  • Hispanic/Latino 23%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 7%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • 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

98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,360 of 3,444 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 98%
  • 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

$14,411 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,487
  • Support services $5,043
  • Other (food service, etc.) $882

Where the money comes from

  • Local 27%
  • State 56%
  • Federal 17%

Total revenue $56.1 milliontotal spending $54.5 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 13

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 53% rural, 47% town

Total staff (FTE)

508

District office

398 Hospital Road, Sylva NC 28779

County

Jackson County

Official website

NCES District ID

3702340

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About Jackson County Public Schools

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

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