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Kindergarteners learn letter associations
at Mulberry Elementary School

EDUCATION

Wilkes County Surrounds Students with Support

E conomic development is stronger the belief that all students can learn. The men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s
in communities where the public
faculty, staff, and board members project high
tennis, volleyball, cheerleading, wrestling,
expectations for student success through a
school system and private and higher
cross country, track and field, indoor track,
education opportunities are outstanding. wholistic partnership that embraces school, and newly added women’s wrestling,
Wilkes County’s businesses, leaders, and home, and community. Their vision is to included when the North Carolina High
community members embrace education, encourage, engage, and empower everyone, School Athletic Association hosted the first
and it shows, with increasing graduation rates every day. sanctioned Women’s Individual State Wrestling
and student-centered success in academics, Academically, Wilkes County students Championship this past February.
sports, arts, and literacy. outpace the state in graduation rate. Wilkes County Schools’ students are
Additionally, Wilkes County’s high school provided a strong arts experience in music and
Wilkes County Schools students – numbering about 1,200 – art in the elementary schools, where they learn
Wilkes County Schools has approximately participate in more than 100 Career &
8,600 students enrolled in grades Pre-K College Promise courses through Wilkes fundamental skills and share their talents with
through 13. The goal of the 13 elementary Community College. the community in and out of school. Courses
schools, four middle schools, and five high The four traditional high schools are for middle and high school students focus on
schools is to empower all learners to reach in the North Carolina High School Athletic developing foundational talents practiced from
their greatest potential. Association and compete in various sports: elementary school. Middle and high schools
The Wilkes County School System is football, men’s and women’s soccer, provide band, chorus, and visual arts courses,
committed to excellence in teaching and to basketball, baseball, softball, swimming, from small ensembles, band competitions,
participation in state selected Honor Choruses
and Bands, performances across the county
Wilkes County Schools and state, as well as art showcases in clay,
2022-2023 photography, drawing, and more. The Cultural
Students................................... 8,643 Arts staff is committed to building a community
Teachers + Certified Staff ...........1,122 that reflects Wilkes County’s rich heritage.
Schools ......................................... 22 The Stone Center for the Performing Arts
• 13 Elementary Schools is a state-of-the-art performance center inside
• 4 Middle Schools Wilkes County Schools’ Central Office in North
• 5 High Schools Wilkesboro. The 8,000-square-foot center
Graduation Rate 2022-23 .........90.1% offers performance, banquet, dance, and
meeting space for the public school students
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics 2023; North Carolina School Report Cards 2023
of Wilkes County.

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