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Wilkes County Schools

North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

8,547
Students enrolled
22
Public schools
566
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 335
  • Kindergarten 623
  • Grade 1 639
  • Grade 2 601
  • Grade 3 652
  • Grade 4 607
  • Grade 5 633
  • Grade 6 622
  • Grade 7 629
  • Grade 8 593
  • Grade 9 621
  • Grade 10 639
  • Grade 11 701
  • Grade 12 622
  • Grade 13 30

By race/ethnicity

  • White 71%
  • Hispanic/Latino 18%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Black or African American 3%
  • Asian <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

99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 8,467 of 8,547 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

$12,811 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,575
  • Support services $4,249
  • Other (food service, etc.) $987

Where the money comes from

  • Local 19%
  • State 59%
  • Federal 21%

Total revenue $137.0 milliontotal spending $138.2 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: 85% rural, 15% town

Total staff (FTE)

1,323

District office

613 Cherry St, North Wilkesboro NC 28659

County

Wilkes County

Official website

NCES District ID

3704950

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About Wilkes County Schools

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

One of Northwest North Carolina's largest and most progressive school districts providing comprehensive Pre-K-12 educational opportunities for all students
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Public Schools in Wilkes County Schools (22)

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Wilkes Central High School

Wilkesboro, NC · Grades 09–12 · 719 students · High

Millers Creek Elementary School

Millers Creek, NC · Grades PK–05 · 699 students · Elementary

West Wilkes High School

Millers Creek, NC · Grades 09–12 · 582 students · High

North Wilkes High School

Hays, NC · Grades 09–12 · 578 students · High

Central Wilkes Middle School

Moravian Falls, NC · Grades 06–08 · 564 students · Middle

Mountain View Elementary School

Hays, NC · Grades PK–05 · 488 students · Elementary

North Wilkes Middle School

North Wilkesboro, NC · Grades 06–08 · 484 students · Middle

East Wilkes High School

Ronda, NC · Grades 09–12 · 469 students · High

West Wilkes Middle School

Wilkesboro, NC · Grades 06–08 · 450 students · Middle

Mulberry Elementary School

North Wilkesboro, NC · Grades PK–05 · 419 students · Elementary

Wilkesboro Elementary School

Wilkesboro, NC · Grades PK–05 · 405 students · Elementary

East Wilkes Middle School

Ronda, NC · Grades 06–08 · 346 students · Middle

North Wilkesboro Elementary School

North Wilkesboro, NC · Grades PK–05 · 329 students · Elementary

Ronda-Clingman Elementary School

Ronda, NC · Grades PK–05 · 318 students · Elementary

C C Wright Elementary School

North Wilkesboro, NC · Grades PK–05 · 316 students · Elementary

Wilkes Early College High School

Wilkesboro, NC · Grades 09–13 · 265 students · High

Moravian Falls Elementary School

Moravian Falls, NC · Grades PK–05 · 257 students · Elementary

C B Eller Elementary School

Elkin, NC · Grades PK–05 · 248 students · Elementary

Mount Pleasant Elementary School

Ferguson, NC · Grades PK–05 · 237 students · Elementary

Roaring River Elementary School

Roaring River, NC · Grades PK–05 · 190 students · Elementary

Boomer-Ferguson Elementary School

Boomer, NC · Grades KG–05 · 111 students · Elementary

Traphill Elementary School

Traphill, NC · Grades KG–05 · 73 students · Elementary