Editing Wilkes County, North Carolina (section)

==Education==
The [[Wilkes County Schools (North Carolina)|Wilkes County Schools]] system has 22 schools ranging from [[pre-kindergarten]] to [[twelfth grade]], including an [[early college high school]]. Those 22 schools are separated into 5 [[High school (North America)|high schools]], 4 [[Middle school#Canada and the United States|middle schools]] and 13 [[Elementary school#United States|elementary schools]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Schools|url=http://www.wilkes.k12.nc.us/schools.html|publisher=Wilkes County Schools|access-date=April 28, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429072600/http://www.wilkes.k12.nc.us/schools.html|archive-date=April 29, 2012}}</ref> There is only one charter school in Wilkes County: Bridges Charter School in [[State Road, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Wilkes County|url=http://www.ncpublicschools.org/charterschools/schools/counties/county?countyName=Wilkes|work=Office of Charter Schools website|publisher=North Carolina Department of Public Instruction|access-date=April 28, 2012}}</ref> The [[Elkin City Schools]] district also covers parts of Wilkes. Wilkes County has three private schools, all three are associated with one of the larger [[Protestant Christian]] churches in the county.<ref name="journalpatriot.com">{{Cite news|url=http://www.journalpatriot.com/news/home-schooling-grows-as-public-schools-see-decrease/article_cbfd6090-7640-11e7-ae39-93d24756c130.html|title=Home schooling grows as public schools see decrease|last=Hubbard|first=Jule|date=August 1, 2017|work=journalpatriot|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref> The largest private school in Wilkes is [[Millers Creek Christian School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/north-carolina/wilkes-county|title=Wilkes County, NC Private Schools {{!}} PrivateSchoolReview.com|website=www.privateschoolreview.com|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2018}}</ref> In recent years, the number of students being [[Homeschooling|home schooled]] in Wilkes has steadily increased, while public school enrollment has decreased.<ref name="journalpatriot.com"/> The only college in Wilkes is [[Wilkes Community College]] (WCC), a public [[two-year college]] within the [[North Carolina Community College System]].

Wilkes County is served by the Appalachian Regional Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.arlibrary.org | title=Homepage | publisher=Appalachian Regional Library | access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref>