📍 100 Smoky Mountain Drive, Sylva, Jackson County, 28779
Smoky Mountain High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Sylva, Jackson County. The school has 899 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jackson County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 61% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 96%. The school offers 10 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Smoky Mountain High School enrolls 899 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 633 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 18% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 48 | 5.3% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
487 of the school's 899 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 445 qualify for free lunch and 42 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Smoky Mountain High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 50, state house district 119.
Smoky Mountain High School is one of 9 schools in Jackson County Public Schools, based in Sylva, North Carolina. The district serves 3,444 students district-wide and employs 244 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 899 students, Smoky Mountain High School is larger than the district average of about 383 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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