County / FIPS 37189
Watauga County
North Carolina
Watauga County runs 12 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
12
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
312
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Watauga County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$585.3M
Per resident
$10,821
Change since FY2021
+46%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $400M |
| 2022 | $281M |
| 2023 | $294M |
| 2024 | $325M |
| 2025 | $585M |
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. Watauga County ranks 791st of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Watauga County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Watauga Medical Center | Boone |
Public schools in Watauga County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Sugar Grove | 134 |
| Blowing Rock Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Blowing Rock | 431 |
| Cove Creek Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Vilas | 294 |
| Green Valley Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 309 |
| Hardin Park Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 851 |
| Mabel Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Zionville | 156 |
| Parkway Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 647 |
| Valle Crucis Elementary | Watauga County Schools | Sugar Grove | 342 |
| Watauga High | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 1,272 |
| Watauga Innovation Academy | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 274 |
| Two Rivers Community School | Two Rivers Community School | Boone | 164 |
| Watauga Virtual Academy | Watauga County Schools | Boone | 44 |