Watauga County Schools

Public Regional · 4 towns Grades PK–12 A-School Grade

Public schools for Boone, Blowing Rock, Beech Mountain and Seven Devils.

At a glance

4,658Students enrolled

11Schools

4Towns served

$13,322Spent per student

13:1Student–teacher ratio

39%Free / reduced lunch

School path

Where would my kid go?

BooneBlowing RockBeech MountainSeven Devils

Grades PK–8

Hardin Park Elementary854 students · BooneThis district

Grades 9–12

Watauga High or Watauga Innovation AcademyDepends on your addressThis district

Grades PK–8

Blowing Rock Elementary409 students · Blowing RockThis district

Grades 9–12

Watauga High or Watauga Innovation AcademyDepends on your addressThis district

Grades PK–8

13 schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 8

10 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 9–12

Watauga High or Watauga Innovation AcademyDepends on your addressThis district

Grades PK–8

13 schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 8

10 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the listThis district

Grades 9–12

Watauga High or Watauga Innovation AcademyDepends on your addressThis district

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.

Academic performanceDistrict vs NC

Math proficiency53%

State average 41.9%

Reading / language arts59%

State average 47.2%

Graduation rate (4-year)93%

State average 87.7%

EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal (tests 2020–21; graduation 2019–20). The tick marks the state average.

Where the money goes

$13,322

per student each year · 2% above the NC average

Spending

Classroom instruction64%

Support & administration33%

Other4%

Paid for by

Local (mostly property tax)29%

State60%

Federal11%

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).

Enrollment · last 5 years

4,563’20

4,673’21

4,754’22

4,746’23

4,658’24

Students

White · 82%3,804

Hispanic · 12%541

Two or more races · 3%147

Asian · 2%99

Black · 1%50

American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%15

Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.

Towns served

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Boone20,032 people

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Blowing Rock992 people

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Beech Mountain987 people

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Seven Devils425 people

Schools11 in district

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Hardin Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 854 students · Boone

B+Public 📚

Parkway ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 610 students · Boone

A-Public 📚

Blowing Rock ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 409 students · Blowing Rock

APublic 📚

Valle Crucis ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 345 students · Boone

B+Public 📚

Green Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 292 students · Boone

B-Public 📚

Cove Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 289 students · Vilas

B-Public 📚

Mabel ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 140 students · Zionville

CPublic 📚

Bethel ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 128 students · Sugar Grove

BPublic 📚

Watauga Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 10 students · Boone

Public 🏫

Watauga HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,289 students · Boone

APublic 🏫

Watauga Innovation AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 292 students · Boone

APublic

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Test scores and graduation rates from EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.