Regular local school district · Jackson County
Jackson County Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Jackson County Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 3,444 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 17.2 students per teacher is 0.9 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,444
- Teachers (FTE)
- 200
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 398 Hospital Road, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- (828)586-2311
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3702340
- State district ID
- NC-500
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 246 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district17.2
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 (3,542), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.0 million
- State revenue
- $26.3 million
- Local revenue
- $12.7 million
- Total spending
- $44.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,493
- Salaries
- $24.2 million54.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $11.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 58.4%
- Local: 28.2%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,493
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Jackson County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue Ridge Early College | High | 7 to 13 | 127 | 18.1 |
| Blue Ridge School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 144 | 16.0 |
| Cullowhee Valley School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 570 | 16.8 |
| Fairview School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 797 | 16.6 |
| Jackson Co Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 113 | 56.5 |
| Jackson Community School | High | 5 to 12 | 50 | 16.7 |
| Scotts Creek School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 422 | 15.1 |
| Smokey Mountain Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 340 | 16.2 |
| Smoky Mountain High School | High | 9 to 12 | 881 | 21.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jackson County
- Summit Charter 315 students
- Catamount School 64 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.