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Watauga High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
300 Go Pioneers Drive
Boone, NC 28607
Phone
(828) 264-2407
District
WATAUGA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
WATAUGA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1236
Classroom Teachers
103

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to North Carolina

8

(10 is best)

Better than 79.7% of all NC schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Watauga High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
67%
45%
73%
58%
61%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 356 28.8%
Grade 10 313 25.3%
Grade 11 293 23.7%
Grade 12 274 22.2%
Total 1236 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.2% 86.0% 47.4%
Black 1.5% 1.3% 26.3%
Hispanic 9.8% 10.3% 20.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.0% 1.9% 4.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.5% 1.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 17.6% 23.7% 48.0%
Free lunch eligible 15.0% 19.6% 46.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.6% 4.0% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 54,077 10,698,973
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 173.2 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.1% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.8% 19.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.5% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.4% 25.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.2% 16.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,805 4,105,232
Single Parent Households With Children 3.4% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.1% 89.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 44.4% 33.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.0% 15.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.3% 15.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 12.9%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.9% 16.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.1% 12.3%
$15,000 or less 16.9% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,728 $31,998,368 59.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $685 $3,257,860 6.1%
Staff $320 $1,521,920 2.8%
General Administration $140 $665,840 1.2%
School Administration $496 $2,358,976 4.4%
Operation $779 $3,704,924 6.9%
Transportation $354 $1,683,624 3.1%
Other $697 $3,314,932 6.2%
Total Support $3,471 $16,508,076 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,127 $5,360,012 10.0%
Total Expenditures $11,326 $53,866,456 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,324 $9,654,142,443 55.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $575 $877,144,823 5.0%
Staff $341 $521,212,282 3.0%
General Administration $170 $259,230,834 1.5%
School Administration $637 $973,125,983 5.6%
Operation $798 $1,218,189,435 7.0%
Transportation $402 $613,466,359 3.5%
Other $331 $505,953,708 2.9%
Total Support $3,255 $4,968,588,990 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,818 $2,774,971,990 16.0%
Total Expenditures $11,397 $17,397,660,278 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%