Alexander County Schools

700 Liledoun Road
Taylorsville, NC 28681
(District boundaries shown in map)
7/
10
Top 50%
For the 2026 school year, there are 2 public high schools serving 1,426 students in Alexander County Schools. This district's average high testing ranking is 9/10, which is in the top 20% of public high schools in North Carolina.
Public High Schools in Alexander County Schools have an average math proficiency score of 84% (versus the North Carolina public high school average of 58%), and reading proficiency score of 62% (versus the 58% statewide average).
Public High School in Alexander County School have a Graduation Rate of 84%, which is less than the North Carolina average of 86%.
The school with highest graduation rate is Alexander Early College, with ≥90% graduation rate. Read more about public school graduation rate statistics in North Carolina or national school graduation rate statistics.
Minority enrollment is 22% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the North Carolina public high school average of 56% (majority Black and Hispanic).

Overview

This School District
This State (NC)
# Schools
11 Schools
760 Schools
# Students
4,344 Students
568,877 Students
# Teachers
264 Teachers
31,559 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
16:1
16:1

Student By Grade

District Rank

Alexander County Schools, which is ranked within the top 50% of all 314 school districts in North Carolina (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2021-2022 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 83% has decreased from 85% over five school years.
This School District
State Average (NC)
#118 out of 325 school districts
(Top 50%)
(21-22)
58%
51%
52%
50%
68%
63%
(21-22)
84%
86%

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