Educational Programs and Opportunities
School Specific
International Baccalaureate (IB)Grade levels currently serving: Kindergarten - 12th grade
With its international focus, the International Baccalaureate Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma Programmes help students develop academically, socially, emotionally, and culturally as they grow to become citizens of the world.
K-5 students can participate in the IB program at Cloverleaf Elementary and Coddle Creek Elementary.
6-8 students at The Brawley School and Oakwood Middle.
9-12 students at South Iredell High School and Statesville High School.
Advanced Placement (AP) AcademyGrade levels currently serving: 8th grade - 12th grade
Advanced Placement courses are college-level classes that allow students to earn college credit while in high school. Iredell-Statesville Schools offers AP Academies at three of our high schools.
Capstone Academy at West Iredell High School
Career and AP Pathway Program (CAAP) at North Iredell High School
Early Colleges Grade levels currently serving: 9th grade - Grade 13
The Early College program offers students the opportunity to complete 6 years of education (high school diploma and an Associate's Degree) in 5 years. This program is offered at no cost to high school students and enrollment is determined through an application process.
The Early College Experience click for more information about each of the schools and what they offer.
A+ Arts Integrated SchoolGrades levels currently serving: Kindergarten - 5th grade
The A+ Schools Program is a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. A+ schools develop a creative culture in which the state's mandated curriculum is taught through collaboration and multi-discipline integration, with the arts continuously woven into every child's learning experience.
Scotts Elementary is an A+ Arts Integrated School
Career Academy and Technical School Grade levels currently serving: 10th grade - 12th grade
Course Selection Guide for 2023- 2024
Program Pathways offer at CATS:
Advanced Manufacturing , Auto Body Repair, Automotive Technology, Culinary & Hospitality, Emergency Medical Technicians, Fire Technology,
Heavy Equipment and Diesel Technology, Manicuring, Masonry, Nursing Fundamentals, Television and Digital Film Productions, and Welding.
Virtual Learning
There are currently three options offered for students who desire to learn virtually with Iredell-Statesville Schools.
Virtual I-SS
Virtual Iredell-Statesville Schools, also called Virtual I-SS or VISS, houses online courses created and taught by our own I-SS teachers. I-SS created online courses follow state curriculum and state testing expectations. Virtual I-SS also uses other resources to provide courses to students when an I-SS created course is not available. Virtual I-SS will meet the need through North Carolina Virtual Public School. NCVPS courses also follows state curriculum and state testing guidelines. In other unique situations where a course is needed to meet an elective requirement or credit recovery need we will also utilize Edgenuity and/or Edmentum to provide additional access to courses.
Virtual I-SS provides multiple paths to using our courses! The first route is more of a traditional route where students attend their traditional middle or high school and take one or two virtual courses right alongside their face to face courses. They can work on these courses during their regular school day schedule. High Schools have learning labs with Digital Lab Assistants that can help support the virtual coursework during the regular instructional day.
iAcademy
iAcademy is a unique approach to public education through a hybrid of time spent learning in class and at home. The best of both worlds, flexibility is built into the fabric of the program. Parents choose which aspects will most benefit their student and create a customized learning plan with the instructor.
I-SS Virtual Academy
This option is for the student that wants to work 100% virtually from home and not report to a brick and mortar school building for class. This option requires an application, a student readiness assessment for middle and high schoolers and a recommendation from your current school. This option provides real time, synchronous, instruction for elementary students through zoom and other conference tools and provides asynchronous flexible schedule courses for middle and high school students.
Dual Language Immersion ProgramsGrade levels currently serving: Kindergarten - 6th grade
A dual language program allows students from two different language backgrounds to receive academic instruction in two languages--English and Spanish. The goal is to develop literacy in both languages.
Two elementary schools, East Iredell Elementary and Lake Norman Elementary have Dual Immersion Programs.
Two middle schools, Woodland Heights Middle School and East Iredell Middle School will begin in the 2024-2025 school year.
STEM Instruction
Grade levels currently serving: Kindergarten - 5th grade
STEM is an acronym of topics of study. S- Science T- Technology E- Engineering M- Mathematics
Lakeshore Elementary School is a NC STEM School of Distinction.
Throughout the District
AIG: Academically & Intellectually Gifted
The mission of Iredell-Statesville Schools Academically & Intellectually Gifted Department is to rigorously challenge students by recognizing, cultivating, nurturing, and offering opportunities for continued academic, social, and/or emotional growth through differentiated educational services beyond the regular education core curriculum. Iredell-Statesville Schools embraces the current North Carolina definition of giftedness (Article 9B) to identify students in need of differentiated services as academically and/or intellectually gifted learners.
Parent Guide to Gifted Learning Identification and Services
The mission of the Iredell-Statesville Schools Exceptional Children Department is to ensure that all students will receive a high quality, relevant education in a safe and caring environment which will produce confident, responsible and globally competitive citizens.
Our core values include: Strong Relationships, Focus on Students and Learning, a Collaborative Approach to Success, Pursuit of Excellence and Success and High Ethical Standards and Transparency.
GEAR UP is a highly competitive grant program that helps empower local partnerships comprised of K-12 schools, institutions of higher education, state agencies, and community organizations to achieve three strategic goals: (1) increasing the postsecondary expectations and readiness of students; (2) improving high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment rates; and (3) raising the knowledge of postsecondary options, preparation, and financing among students and families.
Iredell-Statesville Schools provide services for Multilingual learners in 38 schools in our district. We offer English language, cultural and academic support in a learning environment that nurtures and encourages them to be their best. The ML Department encourages student pride in cultural heritage and provides the cognitive and affective support to help them become contributing members of society.
Title I funding provides support for students in need, offering resources and services to help them succeed academically. It is a federal, formula-based program.
Elementary schools considered Title I are those schools with at least 40% of the student population designated as economically disadvantaged. Middle and High schools are designated as Title I when at least 75% of the student population is designated as economically disadvantaged.