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Yancey County Schools

Burnsville, North Carolina · Superintendent: Kathy Amos · #90 of 112 North Carolina districts by enrollment

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2,149

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,782

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% above the North Carolina median

15.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · North Carolina median 15.7

Yancey County Schools is a public school district based in Burnsville, North Carolina, serving 2,149 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #90 of the 112 North Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 20% of them. Its schools average 358 students each, fewer than the North Carolina median of 446. Its superintendent is Kathy Amos. It spends about $12,782 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% more than the North Carolina median. It has roughly 15.0 students per teacher.

How Yancey County compares

Yancey CountyNorth Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,782

North Carolina median $11,153 · 15% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,852

North Carolina median $6,920 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school358

North Carolina median 446 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.0

North Carolina median 15.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor537

North Carolina median 358 · 50% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$26.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 69%Local 17%

Measure	Yancey County	North Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,782	$11,153	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,852	$6,920	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$26.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	143	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.0	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	537	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The North Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Kathy Amos

Superintendent, Yancey County Schools

Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, EDDIE, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in North Carolina

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Halifax County SchoolsHalifax	2,150	11	$14,488	14.1	#88
Yancey County SchoolsBurnsville · this district	2,149	6	$12,782	15.0	#90
Thomasville City SchoolsThomasville	2,149	4	$13,161	19.0	#89
Polk County SchoolsColumbus	2,110	7	$12,894	14.2	#91
Caswell County SchoolsYanceyville	2,098	6	$11,161	15.1	#92

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
OttawaOttawa, KS	2,150	$12,554	11.6
Benton CountyCamden, TN	2,150	$11,262	n/a
New Albany Public SchoolsNew Albany, MS	2,149	$9,718	14.2
Monroe School DistrictMonroe, WI	2,149	$14,439	13.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-nc-yancey-county-schools