Area Schools

Burnsville Schools

• Mountain Heritage High (Students: 768; Grades: 9 - 12)
  
  
• Private high school in Burnsville: Yancey County School (Students: 42; Grades: K - 12)
  
  
• Public primary/middle school in Burnsville: Burnsville Elementary (Students: 403; Grades: K - 5)

Other Local Schools

• East Yancey Middle School (Students: 341;Grades: 6 - 8)
  
  
• Cane River Middle School (Students: 271; Grades: 6 - 8)
  
  
• Bald Creek Elementary (Students: 199; Grades: K - 5)
  
  
• South Toe Elementary (Students: 155; Grades: K - 5)
  
  
• Clearmont Elementary (Students: 127; Grades: K - 5)
  
  
• Bee Log Elementary (Students: 46; Grades: K - 5)
  
  
• Micaville Elementary (Grades: K - 5)

Local Colleges and Universities

Western North Carolina

• University of North Carolina at Asheville located about 27 miles away in Ashville, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,759
  
  
• Asheville Buncombe Technical Community College located about 29 miles away in Asheville, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,728
  
  
• Western Carolina University located about 30 miles away in Asheville, NC
  
  
• Warren Wilson College located about 35 miles away in Swannanoa, NC
  
  
• Montreat College Black Mountain located about 40 miles away in Black Mountain, NC
  
  
• Mars Hill College located about 43 miles away in Mars Hill, NC
  
  
• Appalachian State University located about 46 miles away in Boone, NC; Full-time enrollment: 12,245
  
  
• Gardner-Webb University located about 64 miles; Boiling Springs, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,563

Eastern Tennessee

• East Tennessee State University is located about 27 miles away in Johnson City, TN; Full-time enrollment: 9,498
  
  
• Northeast State Technical Community College located about 43 miles away in Blountvillel, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,729

Up-State South Carolina

• Spartanburg Technical College located about 58 miles away in Spartanburg, SC; Full-time enrollment: 2,086