Regular local school district · Watauga County
Watauga County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Watauga County Schools runs 11 public schools with 4,658 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,658
- Teachers (FTE)
- 335
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 175 Pioneer Trail, Boone, NC 28607
- Phone
- (828)264-7190
- County
- Watauga County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704830
- State district ID
- NC-950
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 358 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (4,563), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $56.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.3 million
- State revenue
- $33.1 million
- Local revenue
- $16.4 million
- Total spending
- $56.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,409
- Salaries
- $32.9 million58.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.8%
- State: 58.3%
- Local: 28.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,409
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Watauga County Schools
By level: 2 high, 9 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethel Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 128 | 8.0 |
| Blowing Rock Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 409 | 15.1 |
| Cove Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 289 | 13.1 |
| Green Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 292 | 10.8 |
| Hardin Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 854 | 11.9 |
| Mabel Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 140 | 9.3 |
| Parkway Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 610 | 14.9 |
| Valle Crucis Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 345 | 12.8 |
| Watauga High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,289 | 15.7 |
| Watauga Innovation Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 292 | |
| Watauga Virtual Academy | Elementary | K to 8 | 10 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Watauga County
- Two Rivers Community School 163 students
- Wamy Comm Action Inc
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.