Watauga County Schools
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 108
- Kindergarten 277
- Grade 1 333
- Grade 2 320
- Grade 3 337
- Grade 4 327
- Grade 5 326
- Grade 6 345
- Grade 7 341
- Grade 8 363
- Grade 9 399
- Grade 10 437
- Grade 11 405
- Grade 12 340
By race/ethnicity
- White 82%
- Hispanic/Latino 12%
- Two or more races 3%
- Asian 2%
- Black or African American 1%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <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
- Free lunch 35%
- Reduced-price lunch 4%
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
Spending per student
- Instruction $8,467
- Support services $4,347
- Other (food service, etc.) $508
Where the money comes from
- Local 29%
- State 60%
- Federal 11%
Total revenue $63.9 milliontotal spending $66.8 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)
Town: DistantStudents: 61% town, 39% rural
Total staff (FTE)
625
District office
175 Pioneer Trail, Boone NC 28607
Phone
County
Watauga County
Official website
NCES District ID
3704830
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