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Avery County Schools

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Avery County Schools is located in west North Carolina. Avery County Schools has 247.09 square miles of land area and 0.14 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Avery County Schools population is 17,739. Avery County Schools median household income is $38,138 in 2010-2014. Avery County Schools median house value is $144,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Avery County Schools is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (95 out of 104, bottom 9%) Elementary/Middle School: (34 out of 115, top 30%)* Rank: #75
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	17,739 (2010-2014), rank #95
Population Growth	-0.92% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	71.75/sq mi, rank #82
Median Household Income:	$38,138 at 2010-2014—9.98% increase since 2005-2009, rank #72
Median House Price:	$144,700 at 2010-2014—-0.21% increase since 2005-2009, rank #42
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	247.09 sq mi, rank #92
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.06%), rank #110
State:	North Carolina
County:	Avery County
City:	Newland, Pineola, Crossnore, Elk Park, Minneapolis, Linville, Grandfather, Spruce Pine, Linville Falls, Banner Elk, Collettsville, Blowing Rock, Sugar Grove, Sugar Mountain, Seven Devils, Beech Mountain
Zip:	28657, 28662, 28616, 28622, 28652, 28646, 28777, 28647, 28604, 28611, 28605, 28679
Area:	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC;Boone, NC

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Avery County Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

775 Cranberry St

Newland NC, 28657, Avery County

Phone: 828-733-6006

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,155	2,245	2,262	2,239	2,330	2,364	2,354
English Language Learner Students:	128	130	122	120	121	123	137
Total Teachers:	166.05	168.76	165.03	165.50	172.19	179.00	191.90
Prekindergarten:	7.00	6.50	6.00	6.80	6.50	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	9.57	12.84	10.60	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Elementary:	97.30	99.95	83.72	76.00	78.78	89.30	95.80
Secondary:	50.64	48.47	64.21	82.70	86.91	89.70	94.10
Ungraded:	1.54	1.00	0.50	0.00	0.00	NA	2.00
Total Other Staff:	183.59	182.11	183.06	184.94	191.37	204.60	209.60
Instructional Aides:	36.52	37.95	40.10	41.60	45.34	53.20	59.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.56	1.18	3.00	3.00	5.90	4.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.35	2.77	1.62	2.50	3.00	3.00	6.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.50	1.00	1.00	2.20
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	3.35	1.77	0.62	2.00	2.00	2.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.50	3.00	1.74	2.80	5.00	4.60	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	NA
District Administrators:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	7.30
District Administrative Support:	13.69	12.65	13.25	13.44	11.42	12.00	12.00
School Administrators:	11.50	12.00	12.91	12.00	11.00	11.00	12.50
School Administrative Support:	14.87	15.88	14.88	14.76	14.79	16.10	16.40
Student Support Services:	26.88	24.59	27.50	25.51	26.14	22.60	20.30
Other Support Services:	63.28	64.71	62.88	61.33	62.68	67.20	67.10
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.98	13.30	13.71	13.53	13.53	13.21	12.27

Schools

Avery County High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	401 High School Rd, Newland NC 28657
Avery High Stem Academy	Grade 9 to Grade 12	401 High School Rd, Newland NC 28657
Avery High Viking Academy	Grade 9 to Grade 12	401 High School Rd, Newland NC 28657
Avery Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	102 Old Montezuma Rd, Newland NC 28657
Banner Elk Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	155 Orchard Ln, Banner Elk NC 28604
Blue Ridge Academy	Grade 6 to Grade 12	102 Old Montezuma Rd, Newland NC 28657
Cranberry Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	6230 North Hwy 19e, Elk Park NC 28622
Crossnore Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	1000 Walt Clark Rd, Crossnore NC 28616
Freedom Trail Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	6110 North Us Hwy 19e, Elk Park NC 28622
Newland Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	750 Linville St, Newland NC 28657
Riverside Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	8020 Us 19e Hwy South, Newland NC 28657

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
EOC Test
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	92.7%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68.9%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	80.8%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78.2%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83.7%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	61.8%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88.7%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	19.7%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	83.8%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	52.6%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	58.8%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	74.8%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	86.7%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	67.4%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	57.4%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.9%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	73.5%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	68.7%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.6%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	69.3%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	81.3%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	56.1%	45.6%
2006	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	74.1%	77.1%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	72%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	84.5%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	77.6%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	66.4%	65.8%
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	73.7%	68.5%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	64.7%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	90.9%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	89%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	78%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	74.9%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	72.8%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	73.9%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	84%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	87.3%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	81.5%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	49.7%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	76.4%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	57.4%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	66.1%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	75.5%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	88.8%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	70%	69.1%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	66.3%	76.4%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	35.5%	76.5%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	87.5%	85.1%
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	87.5%	81.5%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	76.2%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	86%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	78.2%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	77.2%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	74.3%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	80.6%	81.5%
EOG Test
2006	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	8.3%	17.6%
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	14.3%	25.1%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	< 5.0%	18.5%
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	57.4%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	47.2%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	71%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	79.3%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	75.1%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	63%	69.9%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	67.3%	67.8%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	63.4%	70.9%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	73.2%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	81.3%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	81.9%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	82.1%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	82.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	40.1%	46.8%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.3%	82.9%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.3%	54.5%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.5%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.8%	66.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.6%	67.6%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	68.8%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	38.9%	45.2%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	64.7%	65%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	71.7%	67.7%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	55.4%	72.8%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81.5%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	80.8%	83%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.7%	83.8%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	87.9%	85.1%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	47.7%	47.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	83.4%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	93.4%	85.2%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.7%	59.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.2%	69.1%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	71.6%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.3%	71.6%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	71.6%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	43.7%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	65%	49.5%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	57.1%	52%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56%	58.7%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	60.1%	63.1%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	64.5%	66.7%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	73.4%	69.6%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	79.9%	80.1%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90.3%	81.2%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	82.4%	82%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	82.1%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	48.4%	47.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.5%	88.4%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91.9%	89.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.5%	68.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.5%	71.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	72.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79.2%	72.3%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	43.4%	39.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	67.2%	40.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71.3%	60.8%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	83.5%	68.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	80.6%	73.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	81%	75.9%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.7%	45.4%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	61.9%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	60.1%	64.6%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	89.1%	78.1%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92.3%	80.5%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	> 95.0%	80.7%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	86.5%	80.5%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	29.1%	38.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.1%	81.5%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	64.5%	59.3%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.7%	71%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	75.3%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81.3%	75.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	75.2%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	45.3%	46.4%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76.1%	61.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.7%	63.5%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	67.3%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	78.4%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81.6%	80.2%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75.1%	81.1%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	90.1%	81.1%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	37.3%	38.5%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.4%	86.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.2%	51.1%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	65%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	77%	66.8%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.5%	67.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.6%	68.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.8%	47.8%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	46%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	50.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	54.7%	57.5%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	60.7%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.1%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67.2%	68.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	82%	80.4%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88.9%	83.9%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	84.4%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	83%	85.2%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	29.2%	34.2%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94.4%	86.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87.6%	87.9%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62%	54.2%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74%	66.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	69.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.7%	69.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	65.3%	71.1%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.1%	41.0%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	51.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	75.3%	67.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	72.8%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	74.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79.5%	77.3%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	65.2%	59.1%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$23,782,000	$10,514		$25,997,000	$11,611		$24,494,000	$10,512
Federal:	$3,184,000	$1,408	13.4%	$3,719,000	$1,661	14.3%	$3,779,000	$1,622	15.4%
State:	$14,960,000	$6,614	62.9%	$14,718,000	$6,573	56.6%	$14,907,000	$6,398	60.9%
Local:	$5,638,000	$2,492	23.7%	$7,560,000	$3,377	29.1%	$5,808,000	$2,493	23.7%
Total Expenditures:	$24,672,000	$10,907		$24,460,000	$10,925		$24,712,000	$10,606
Total Current Expenditures:	$22,916,000	$10,131		$23,018,000	$10,280		$23,267,000	$9,986
Instructional Expenditures:	$13,118,000	$5,799	57.2%	$13,169,000	$5,882	57.2%	$13,315,000	$5,715	57.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,665,000	$736	7.3%	$2,068,000	$924	9.0%	$2,246,000	$964	9.7%
Administration:	$3,302,000	$1,460	14.4%	$3,246,000	$1,450	14.1%	$2,925,000	$1,255	12.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$4,831,000	$2,136	21.1%	$4,535,000	$2,025	19.7%	$4,781,000	$2,052	20.5%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,014,000	$448		$622,000	$278		$709,000	$304
Construction:	$235,000	$104		$427,000	$191		$344,000	$148
Total Other:	$75,000	$33		$67,000	$30		$55,000	$24
Interest on Debt:	$611,000	$270		$681,000	$304		$426,000	$183

Total Salary:	$14,226,000	$6,289		$14,624,000	$6,531		$14,850,000	$6,373
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$9,137,000	$4,039	64.2%	$9,340,000	$4,172	63.9%	$9,582,000	$4,112	64.5%
Other Salary:	$5,089,000	$2,250	35.8%	$5,284,000	$2,360	36.1%	$5,268,000	$2,261	35.5%
Total Benefit:	$4,697,000	$2,076		$4,404,000	$1,967		$4,111,000	$1,764
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$3,003,000	$1,328	63.9%	$2,792,000	$1,247	63.4%	$2,587,000	$1,110	62.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,694,000	$749	36.1%	$1,612,000	$720	36.6%	$1,524,000	$654	37.1%

* Avery County Schools was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.