As far as schools go here, I think they have all done away with home ec and wood shop unless they have some sort of magnet program that kids apply specifically to go to.
My oldest is a senior at a national school of excellence AND a performing arts school. She is a technical theatre design and production major as well as a visual arts student. Part of her curriculum in design and production is costume construction and her art classes also cover textile arts. She has built sets, made costume, done lighting and sound for every production (15 now?) the school has done for the last 4 years.
These classes combined with my love for sewing means she is quite the stitcher and will likely study textile art in college.
I'm going to see if I can find a photo of her stitched piece that was entered in a state art contest by her art teacher. It's quite spectacular, but, only got an honorable mention.