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.

Industrial training offered includes:

Focused Industrial Training

New and Expanding Industry Training

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)