Editing Yadkin County, North Carolina (section)

==Education==
Yadkin County has three high schools, Forbush, Starmount, and the Yadkin Early College.

The Yadkin Early College is a five-year program where high school and college courses are offered on the Yadkin campus of Surry Community College. Students get the opportunity to earn their high school diploma and an associate degree in nursing, criminal justice, or a transfer degree to a four-year university.

The high schools are fed by eight elementary schools, which teach kindergarten through sixth grades. The eight elementary schools are Boonville, Courtney, East Bend, Fall Creek, Forbush, Jonesville, West Yadkin and Yadkinville.

The school system also operates Yadkin Success Academy, an alternative learning center on Old U.S. 421 in Yadkinville.

Yadkin County opened two new middle schools in 2009. Starmount Middle School opened in August and serves seventh and eighth grade students from Jonesville, Boonville, and West Yadkin Elementary Schools. Forbush Middle opened in November and serves East Bend, Forbush Elementary, Fall Creek, Courtney, and Yadkinville Schools. Both campuses are adjacent to the high schools.

[[Surry Community College]] offers courses through its Yadkin Campus at 4649 [[U.S. Highway 601]] North near Yadkinville.<ref name="Surry Community College site">{{cite web|title=Off-Campus Centers|url=http://www.surry.edu/centers/|work=Surry Community College site|access-date=July 2, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007033536/http://www.surry.edu/centers/|archive-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref>