Education and Training

Alexander County has the only satellite site for Catawba Valley Community College. Alexander County Government invested $650,000 in the 15,000 square feet facility and Catawba Valley Community College spent approximately $1 million renovating the facility. This state-of-the-art college offers a wide variety of training opportunities.

Located in the Taylorsville Industrial Park off Highway 16 South, the Community College facility includes 10 classrooms, office space, conference room, and a large multi-purpose room that is used as a meeting room for county commissioners and for meeting space for other government events.

Customizable Industrial Training services are offered through the Catawba Valley Community College's Industrial Training Service and North Carolina State University's Industrial Extension Service.

The Alexander County School System consists of one high school (Alexander Central 9-12), two middle schools (East Middle and West Middle), and seven elementary schools ( Bethlehem, Ellendale, Hiddenite, Stony Point, Sugar Loaf, Taylorsville, and Wittenburg)