Yancey County Schools
Yancey County, North Carolina · Grades PK-12
- Address
- 100 School Circle, Burnsville, NC 28714
Open in Maps → - Phone
- (828) 682-6101
- NCES agency ID
- 3705070
- State LEA ID
- NC-995
Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.
School calendar
Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Yancey County Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.
View the calendar →NC School Report Card
2024-2025Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).
Schools by type
| School type | Schools | Average students |
|---|---|---|
| Elementary | 3 | 319 |
| Middle | 2 | 230 |
| High | 1 | 593 |
| All schools | 6 | -- |
School performance grades
| Grade | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 0 | 0.0% |
| B | 0 | 0.0% |
| C | 5 | 83.3% |
| D | 1 | 16.7% |
| F | 0 | 0.0% |
| All graded schools | 6 | 100.0% |
School growth status
| Growth | Schools | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeded | 0 | 0.0% |
| Met | 2 | 33.3% |
| Not Met | 4 | 66.7% |
Student performance by subject
| Subject | Grade-level proficient | Career & college ready |
|---|---|---|
| NC Math 3 | 72.1% | 43.4% |
| Science (grades 5 & 8) | 64.3% | 40.2% |
| English II | 54.1% | 31.1% |
| Mathematics (grades 3–8) | 51.3% | 32.1% |
| Reading (grades 3–8) | 48.4% | 28.2% |
| Biology | 46.2% | 27.6% |
| NC Math 1 | 39.8% | 5% |
Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.
Outcomes
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| 4-year cohort graduation rate | 90.2% |
| ACT WorkKeys credential earned | 44% |
| Students completing Math III | 95% |
| Passed end-of-grade assessments | 39.3% |
| Students promoted to the next grade | 82.7% |
| Students retained in grade | 17.3% |
| English learners making progress (of 173) | 20.8% |
| Schools identified as low-performing | 1 of 6 |
Download the report card
The Yancey County Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.
Student Demographics
Gender Distribution
Total Students: 1,950Student counts for Yancey County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 1,950 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.
Students
Student Population
Students Counted: 2,203Student indicators for Yancey County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 2,203 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.
Teachers
Licensing & Certification
Total Teachers: 135 FTETeacher figures for Yancey County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 135 FTE.
Yancey County Schools boundary map
6 campusesLoading the map…
Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.
Compare two schools
Put any two Yancey County Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.
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Schools in Yancey County Schools
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Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →