Regular local school district · Haywood County
Haywood County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Haywood County Schools runs 15 public schools with 6,476 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 16.8 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 6,476
- Teachers (FTE)
- 385
- Students per teacher
- 16.8
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1233 North Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786
- Phone
- (828)456-2400
- County
- Haywood County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3702040
- State district ID
- NC-440
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 360 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district16.8
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,832), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $81.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.1 million
- State revenue
- $50.1 million
- Local revenue
- $19.6 million
- Total spending
- $80.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,846
- Salaries
- $46.3 million57.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.8%
- State: 61.3%
- Local: 23.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,846
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Haywood County Schools
By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethel Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 537 | 17.9 |
| Bethel Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 254 | 15.9 |
| Canton Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 475 | 15.8 |
| Central Haywood High | High | 9 to 12 | 63 | 9.0 |
| Clyde Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 523 | 14.9 |
| Haywood Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 177 | 44.2 |
| Hazelwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 490 | 16.9 |
| Jonathan Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 336 | 14.0 |
| Junaluska Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 428 | 15.9 |
| Meadowbrook Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 198 | 18.0 |
| North Canton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 332 | 17.5 |
| Pisgah High | High | 9 to 12 | 859 | 21.5 |
| Riverbend Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 204 | 15.7 |
| Tuscola High | High | 9 to 12 | 873 | 20.8 |
| Waynesville Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 727 | 16.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Haywood County
- Shining Rock Classical Academy 616 students
More in North Carolina
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.