County / FIPS 37023
Burke County
North Carolina
Burke County runs 29 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
29
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
506
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Burke County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$628.6M
Per resident
$7,178
Change since FY2021
+15%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $545M |
| 2022 | $525M |
| 2023 | $564M |
| 2024 | $570M |
| 2025 | $629M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Burke County ranks 752nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Burke County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Healthcare Hospitals, Inc | Morganton | |
| Broughton Hospital | Morganton | Not rated |
Public schools in Burke County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Middle College | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 119 |
| Burke Virtual Academy | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 119 |
| Drexel Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 438 |
| East Burke High | Burke County Schools | Connelly Springs | 879 |
| East Burke Middle | Burke County Schools | Connelly Springs | 645 |
| Forest Hill Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 269 |
| Freedom High | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 1,414 |
| George Hildebrand Elementary | Burke County Schools | Connelly Springs | 318 |
| Glen Alpine Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 279 |
| Hallyburton Academy | Burke County Schools | Drexel | 101 |
| Heritage Middle | Burke County Schools | Valdese | 453 |
| Hildebran Elementary | Burke County Schools | Hildebran | 320 |
| Hillcrest Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 284 |
| Icard Elementary | Burke County Schools | Connelly Springs | 260 |
| Jimmy C Draughn High School | Burke County Schools | Valdese | 682 |
| Liberty Middle | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 457 |
| Mountain View Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 677 |
| Mull Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 258 |
| Nc School for the Deaf | Deaf and Blind Schools | Morganton | 61 |
| North Liberty | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 67 |
| Oak Hill Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 327 |
| Ray Childers Elementary | Burke County Schools | Hickory | 457 |
| Robert L. Patton High School | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 752 |
| Salem Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 401 |
| Table Rock Middle | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 502 |
| Valdese Elementary | Burke County Schools | Valdese | 521 |
| W A Young Elementary | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 306 |
| Walter R Johnson Middle | Burke County Schools | Morganton | 465 |
| New Dimensions | The New Dimensions School | Morganton | 535 |