North Carolina Public Schools
2009
Statistical
Profile
Public Schools of North Carolina
State Board of Education | Department of Public Instruction
Public Schools of North Carolina
State Board of Education | Department of Public Instruction
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D., State Superintendent
301 N. Wilmington Street :: Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2825
In compliance with federal law, NC Public Schools administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities and
admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability, or gender,
except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law.
Inquiries or complaints regarding discrimination issues should be directed to:
Dr. Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer :: Academic Services and Instructional Support
6368 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-6368 :: Telephone: (919) 807-3200 :: Fax: (919) 807-4065
Visit us on the Web :: www.ncpublicschools.org
WILLIAM C. HARRISON
Chairman :: Fayetteville
WAYNE MCDEVITT
Vice Chair :: Asheville
WALTER DALTON
Lieutenant Governor :: Rutherfordton
JANET COWELL
State Treasurer :: Raleigh
KATHY A. TAFT
Greenville
REGINALD KENAN
Rose Hill
KEVIN D. HOWELL
Raleigh
SHIRLEY E. HARRIS
Troy
CHRISTINE J. GREENE
High Point
JOHN A. TATE III
Charlotte
ROBERT “TOM” SPEED
Boone
MELISSA E. BARTLETT
Roxboro
PATRICIA N. WILLOUGHBY
Raleigh
The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate
from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century.
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The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile is a collection of statistical
information about North Carolina’s elementary and secondary schools. This is the
thirty-fifth edition of the publica­tion.
It was initiated in 1975.
The purpose of this book is to provide gener­al
sta­tistical
data to the public,
professional educators, and the General Assembly. This profile includes information
on public school pupils, personnel, and finances. Tables with statewide data are
presented in Part I. Part II contains data on pupil accounting, high school graduate
intentions, public school personnel, and current expense expenditures for each
local school system. Part III provides pupil accounting and financial data for the
charter schools.
This publication would not be possible without the full support and dedicated
efforts of public school admin­istra­tors,
principals, and teachers. Their efforts in
mak��ing
this informa­tion
available are gratefully acknowl­edged.
June St. Clair Atkinson
State Superintendent
Department of Public Instruction
Foreword
William C. Harrison
Chairman
State Board of Education
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Contents
Page
Foreword....................................................................................................... iii
PART I: STATE SUMMARY
PUPIL INFORMATION.................................................................................. 1
Pupil Accounting..................................................................................... 1
Nonpromotion Rate by Grade.................................................................. 2
Exceptional Pupils................................................................................... 2
Pupil Membership by Race and Gender................................................... 2
High School Graduates Intentions............................................................ 3
Projections of High School Graduates...................................................... 3
Public School Dropout and Retention Data ............................................ 3
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL.................................... 27
Public School Personnel Summary........................................................... 27
Experience Status of School Based Instructional Personnel....................... 28
Highest Degree Held by Classroom Teachers........................................... 28
Selected Characteristics of Classroom Teachers........................................ 28
Local Salary Supplements........................................................................ 28
FINANCIAL INFORMATION......................................................................... 42
TRANSPORTATION....................................................................................... 65
COURSE MEMBERSHIP SUMMARY.............................................................. 69
PART II: LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES
See Alphabetical List of Local Education Agencies on Page viii.
PART III: CHARTER SCHOOLS
CHARTER SCHOOLS ................................................................................... 309
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Pupil Information
Table 1 Final Enrollment by Grade............................................................ 4
Table 2 Final Average Daily Membership by Grade................................... 5
Table 3 Final Average Daily Attendance by Grade.................................... 6
Table 4 Membership Last Day by Grade................................................... 7
Table 5 Promotions by Grade................................................................... 8
Table 6 Nonpromotions by Grade............................................................. 9
Table 7 Nonpromotion Rate by Grade...................................................... 10
Table 8 Impact of Summer School on Nonpromotion Rate, 2007–08........ 11
Table 9 Pupils in Membership Being Served by
Exceptional Children Programs, 2008–09................................... 12
Table 10 Pupils in Membership by Race and Sex, 2008–09........................ 15
Table 11 A History of Pupil Membership by Race....................................... 18
Table 12 2008 High School Graduates Intentions Including
2007 Summer School................................................................ 19
Table 13 Intentions of High School Graduates—A Five Year History............ 20
Table 14 Projection of Public High School Graduates................................. 21
Table 15 Public School Dropout and Cohort
Graduation Data, 2007–08........................................................ 24
Public School Personnel
Table 16 State Summary of Public School Full-Time
Personnel, 2008–09 ................................................................. 29
Table 17 Experience Status of School Based Instructional
Personnel, 2008–09.................................................................. 30
Table 18 Highest Degree Held by Classroom Teachers, 2008–09................ 33
Table 19 Selected Characteristics of Classroom Teachers, 2008–09............. 36
Table 20 Selected Statistics of Local Salary Supplements, 2008–09............. 39
Financial Information
Table 21 Per Capita Personal Income by County, 2007 .............................. 44
Table 22 North Carolina Current Expense Expenditures
by Source of Funds, 2007–08..................................................... 45
Table 23 Comparison of Per Pupil Expenditures.......................................... 46
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Table 24 Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 2007–08
(Child Nutrition Included).......................................................... 47
Table 25 Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 2007–08
(Child Nutrition Excluded) ......................................................... 50
Table 26 Revenue From All Sources, 2007–08............................................ 53
Table 27 Current Expense Expenditures by Purpose Codes, 2007–08.......... 54
Table 28 Ranking of 2007–08 Final Average Daily Membership,
Total Per Pupil Expenditures, and Capital Outlay....................... 60
Table 29 County Appropriations and Supplemental Taxes
for Education (Current Expense), 2007–08................................. 63
Table 30 Supplemental Taxes for Education, 2007–08................................. 64
T ransportation
Table 31 Student Transportation on Public School Buses, 2007–08............. 66
Course Membership
Table 32 Course Membership Summary, 2008–09...................................... 69
Charter Schools
Table 33 Final Average Daily Membership by Grade, 2007–08................... 311
Table 34 First Month Average Daily Membership by Grade, 2007–08......... 313
Table 35 Charter School Membership by Race and Sex, 2008–09............... 315
Table 36 Pupils in Membership Being Served by Exceptional
Children Programs, 2008–09 (Charter Schools)......................... 317
Table 37 Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 2007–08
Child Nutrition Included (Charter Schools)................................ 319
Table 38 Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking, 2007–08
Child Nutrition Excluded (Charter Schools)............................... 321
Table 39 Revenue From All Sources, 2007–08 (Charter Schools)................. 323
Table 40 Current Expense Expenditures by Purpose Codes, 2007–08
(Charter Schools)....................................................................... 324
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Alphabetical List of Local Educa tion Agencies
Alamance County......................... 78
Alexander County......................... 80
Alleghany County......................... 82
Anson County .............................. 84
Ashe County ............................... 86
Asheboro City ............................. 252
Asheville City............................... 100
Avery County ............................... 88
Beaufort County .......................... 90
Bertie County ............................. 92
Bladen County ............................ 94
Brunswick County ....................... 96
Buncombe County ....................... 98
Burke County .............................. 102
Cabarrus County .......................... 104
Caldwell County .......................... 108
Camden County ......................... 110
Carteret County ........................... 112
Caswell County ........................... 114
Catawba County .......................... 116
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City............. 234
Chatham County ......................... 122
Cherokee County ......................... 124
Clay County ............................... 128
Cleveland County......................... 130
Clinton City ................................. 266
Columbus County ........................ 132
Craven County ............................ 136
Cumberland County .................... 138
Currituck County.......................... 140
Dare County ............................... 142
Davidson County ......................... 144
Davie County .............................. 150
Duplin County ............................ 152
Durham County .......................... 154
Edenton/Chowan County.............. 126
Edgecombe County ..................... 156
Elkin City ................................... 276
Forsyth County ............................ 158
Franklin County ........................... 160
Gaston County............................. 162
Gates County ............................... 164
Graham County .......................... 166
Granville County.......................... 168
Greene County ........................... 170
Guilford County .......................... 172
Halifax County ............................ 174
Harnett County ............................ 180
Haywood County ........................ 182
Henderson County....................... 184
Hertford County .......................... 186
Hickory City ................................ 118
Hoke County .............................. 188
Hyde County .............................. 190
Iredell-Statesville ......................... 192
Jackson County............................. 196
Johnston County .......................... 198
Jones County ............................... 200
Kannapolis City ........................... 106
Lee County ................................. 202
Lenoir County ............................. 204
Lexington City ............................. 146
Lincoln County ............................ 206
Macon County ............................. 208
Madison County .......................... 210
Martin County ............................ 212
McDowell County ....................... 214
Mecklenburg County.................... 216
Mitchell County ........................... 218
Montgomery County .................... 220
Moore County ............................. 222
Mooresville City........................... 194
Mount Airy City ........................... 278
Nash-Rocky Mount ..................... 224
New Hanover County................... 226
Newton-Conover City................... 120
Northampton County.................... 228
Onslow County .......................... 230
Orange County ........................... 232
Pamlico County ........................... 236
Pasquotank County ...................... 238
Pender County ............................ 240
Perquimans County ..................... 242
Person County ............................ 244
Pitt County ................................. 246
Polk County ................................ 248
Randolph County ........................ 250
Richmond County ....................... 254
Roanoke Rapids City.................... 176
Robeson County .......................... 256
Rockingham County .................... 258
Rowan County ............................. 260
Rutherford County ....................... 262
Sampson County ......................... 264
Scotland County .......................... 268
Stanly County ............................. 270
Stokes County ............................. 272
Surry County ............................... 274
Swain County .............................. 280
Thomasville City........................... 148
Transylvania County..................... 282
Tyrrell County .............................. 284
Union County .............................. 286
Vance County .............................. 288
Wake County ............................. 290
Warren County ........................... 292
Washington County ..................... 294
Watauga County .......................... 296
Wayne County ............................. 298
Weldon City ............................... 178
Whiteville City ............................ 134
Wilkes County ............................ 300
Wilson County ........................... 302
Yadkin County ............................ 304
Yancey County ........................... 306
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Part I:
State Summary
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Pupil Information
Pupil Accounting
Pupil accounting data are among the most useful sources of information available to state and local
administrators and to the public in general. This information provides the core of the data used in
evaluation, planning, allocation of funds, and measurement of compliance with federal and state
regulations. The basic pupil accounting form used in North Carolina is the Principal’s Monthly Report. There
are nine reporting periods of twenty school days each. Enrollment (ENROLL), average daily membership
(ADM), and average daily attendance (ADA) are calculated from this report. Membership-last-day (MLD),
promotions (PROM), and nonpromotions (NP) are derived from the ninth month report. Tables 1–6 present
state totals of these student counts for the past five years. First month 2008-09 figures are included for
enrollment, ADM, and ADA. Pupil accounting data for each local education agency (LEA) appear in Part II
and in Part III for charter schools.
The definitions of pupil accounting terms used in this publication are:
Enrollment: The term enrollment represents the number of pupils registered in the state’s public
schools. Once a pupil is initially counted in the enrollment figure, he/she remains in that count
throughout the school year. Students transferring to the North Carolina public school system from
another state or from non-public schools are added to enrollment. Enrollment is not reduced by
transfers, withdraw­als,
deaths, or midyear graduations. The end of the year enrollment thus shows a
higher count than the actual number of students in school. Final enrollment, therefore, should not
be compared to first month enrollment.
Average Daily Membership: The total number of school days within a given term—usually a
school month or school year­—
that a student’s name is on the current roll of a class, regardless of
his/her being present or absent, is the “number of days in membership” for that student. The sum
of the “number of days in membership” for all students divided by the number of school days in
the term yields ADM. The final average daily membership is the total days in membership for all
students over the school year divided by the number of days school was in session. Average daily
membership is a more accurate count of the number of students in school than enrollment.
Average Daily Attendance: Attendance is the presence of a student on days when school is in
session. A student is counted as present only when he/she is actually at school, present at another
activity sponsored by the school as part of the school’s program, or personally supervised by a
member of the staff. The total number of days of attendance for all students divided by the total
number of school days in a given period gives the average daily attendance (ADA).
Membership Last Day, Promotions, and Nonpromotions: Membership Last Day refers to the number
of students remaining in membership as of the last day of school for the academic year. Students
who are in membership on the last day are either advanced to the next grade (promotions) for the
coming school year or retained in the same grade (nonpromotions) for the succeeding school year.
Promotions and nonpro­motions
have been adjusted after summer school.
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Nonpromotion Rate by Grade
Statewide nonpromotion rates over a six-year period are presented in Table 7. The rates were computed
by dividing the number of nonpromoted students (NP) by the last school day membership (MLD).
Nonpromotion rates for individual LEAs can be calculated using NP and MLD figures given in Part II.
Since promotion policies vary among LEAs, care should be exercised in making comparisons of
nonpromotion rates, particularly at the secondary level. Many secondary schools require the completion
of a fixed number of Carnegie units or of a required curriculum to advance to the next grade level. In many
cases, nonpromotion of a grade in high school may indicate the failure of a single course rather than the
entire or overall course load for that grade level.
Many students who are not promoted at the end of the regular school session attend summer school.
A number of them are promoted to the next grade after successfully completing the summer session.
Nonpromotion rates reflect the results of summer school promotions. Table 8 reveals the impact of the
2007 summer school on the 2007–08 nonpromotion rate.
Exceptional Pupils
Information on the numbers of exceptional students identified and served by primary exceptionality
classification as of December 1 is a part of the certi­fied
headcount submitted to Exceptional
Children/Instructional Services each year. The figures in Table 9 represent an unduplicated count of
students (ages 3–21) who have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and are eligible for federal funds
(Title VI-B). "Unduplicated" means, a child who has more than one category of disability is counted
only in the category of his/her primary disability.
Pupil Membership by Race and Gender
Information on pupils in membership by their race and gender is collected annually by the Department
of Public Instruction. This information is maintained to ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and Title IV of the Education Amend­ments
of 1972. Membership is reported by race and
gender as of the end of the first school month. Table 10 is a summary of the pupils in membership for
2008–09 by race and gender. Table 11 presents pupil membership by race from 1989–90 to 2008–09.
These figures should not be confused with average daily membership. Charter school membership is
excluded from Table 10 and Table 11. Table 35 on pages 315–316 lists this data for Charter Schools.
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High School Graduates Intentions
At the end of the school year, guidance counselors and principals at every high school report the
postgraduate intentions of their diploma recipients. The report includes all those who have completed
the requirements for graduation since the end of the previous school year. Intentions of the graduates are
categorized as follows:
· enrolling in senior (four year) institutions (public and private);
· enrolling in community and technical colleges;
· enrolling in junior colleges;
· enrolling in trade, business, and nursing schools;
· enlisting in military service;
· seeking employment;
· other.
Table 12 is the state summary of 2008 graduates’ intentions. Table 13 presents a five-year history of this
information. High school graduates’ intentions for each LEA can be found in Part II of this publication.
A projection of the number of high school graduates by LEA is presented in Table 14. The future number of
high school graduates in each LEA is determined by the prevailing birth counts, immigration and emigration
rates into and out of the region, promotions, and school dropout patterns.
Public School Dropout and Cohort Graduation Data
A dropout is a student who leaves school before graduation or completion of a program of study for any
reason except death or transfer to another school. Students drop out of school for many reasons—academic
failure, discipline problems, employ­ment,
illness, marriage, family instability, and/or dislike of school.
The dropout statistics in Table 15 are compiled from informa­tion
submitted to the Department of Public
Instruc­tion
by local school systems.
Beginning with the 1998–99 dropout reporting, North Carolina State Board of Education policy changes
ended the annual reporting of unduplicated dropout rates. Therefore, the rates shown in Table 15 are
duplicated rates. The duplicated count of dropouts includes all students who fit the definition of a dropout
for the reporting year, regardless of whether or not they had also been reported as dropouts in previous
years. These rates also include students who withdrew from school to pursue community college GED or
adult high school diploma programs.
The four-year cohort graduation rate is the percentage of students who graduated (diplomas and
certificates) at the end of the current school year, who entered the ninth grade four years earlier.
The four-year cohort graduation rate in 2008 (for those students who entered ninth grade in 2004–05)
was 70.0 percent.
The five-year cohort graduation rate is the percentage of students who graduated (diplomas and
certificates) at the end of the current school year, who entered the ninth grade five years earlier.
The five-year cohort graduation rate in 2008 (for those students who entered ninth grade in 2003–04)
was 71.8 percent.
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TABLE 1
FINAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 113,062 109,628 104,896 105,620 107,077 106,310 111,176 111,855 111,005 126,888 102,807 88,468 76,095 1,374,887
2004-05 115,372 113,484 107,273 105,432 105,603 107,779 108,653 112,582 111,692 130,576 106,441 91,898 79,025 1,395,810
2005-06 121,045 116,295 112,399 108,782 106,452 107,095 110,752 111,091 113,138 132,665 110,669 96,238 82,291 1,428,912
2006-07 121,505 121,226 115,274 113,037 109,561 107,426 109,350 112,319 111,989 134,609 111,828 98,920 85,376 1,452,420
2007-08 119,240 121,322 118,131 114,702 111,115 108,743 108,658 110,355 112,281 135,693 111,036 99,539 87,341 1,458,156
CHARTER SCHOOL FINAL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 2,491 2,299 2,223 2,072 2,158 2,236 2,434 2,064 1,722 870 706 557 405 22,237
2004-05 2,861 2,679 2,518 2,435 2,294 2,542 2,749 2,483 2,011 1,077 802 581 493 25,525
2005-06 2,964 2,933 2,709 2,574 2,620 2,610 3,065 2,774 2,437 1,243 893 666 495 27,983
2006-07 3,021 2,980 2,887 2,677 2,661 2,828 3,008 2,910 2,654 1,445 1,118 797 575 29,561
2007-08 3,356 3,286 3,283 3,080 2,929 3,289 3,347 3,036 2,755 1,690 1,277 936 722 32,986
FIRST MONTH ENROLLMENT BY GRADE, 2008-09
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2008-09 117,833 118,440 118,829 117,960 113,939 111,632 111,387 109,449 110,667 132,170 111,674 98,768 88,120 1,460,868
Public 114,486 114,986 115,363 114,529 110,613 108,112 107,590 106,040 107,741 130,261 110,125 97,663 87,185 1,424,694
Charter 3,347 3,454 3,466 3,431 3,326 3,520 3,797 3,409 2,926 1,909 1,549 1,105 935 36,174
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TABLE 2
FINAL AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 107,040 105,074 100,899 101,746 103,405 102,852 106,751 107,443 106,392 116,763 96,008 83,257 73,533 1,311,163
2004-05 109,230 108,891 103,358 101,805 102,109 104,477 104,799 108,177 107,310 120,035 99,270 86,560 75,988 1,332,009
2005-06 114,565 111,863 108,272 105,032 102,983 103,829 106,895 106,956 108,805 121,893 103,185 90,472 78,945 1,363,695
2006-07 115,529 116,799 111,264 109,409 106,171 104,321 105,720 108,385 107,960 124,150 104,050 93,522 82,025 1,389,305
2007-08 113,791 117,806 115,331 112,435 109,168 107,046 105,391 107,134 108,864 125,424 103,916 94,298 84,353 1,404,957
CHARTER SCHOOL FINAL AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 2,342 2,224 2,162 2,043 2,086 2,163 2,373 1,974 1,665 755 611 497 364 21,259
2004-05 2,739 2,611 2,440 2,383 2,217 2,411 2,707 2,384 1,929 930 690 509 446 24,396
2005-06 2,780 2,798 2,584 2,449 2,509 2,504 2,908 2,628 2,258 1,146 816 606 487 26,473
2006-07 2,854 2,865 2,779 2,546 2,589 2,687 2,920 2,791 2,543 1,298 992 703 554 28,121
2007-08 3,186 3,168 3,160 2,963 2,810 3,178 3,285 2,915 2,634 1,555 1,178 869 704 31,605
FIRST MONTH AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP BY GRADE, 2008-09
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2008-09 115,906 118,276 118,998 118,330 114,379 112,185 110,513 108,896 110,233 129,823 110,541 97,718 87,921 1,453,719
Public 112,560 114,837 115,549 114,919 111,049 108,680 106,729 105,514 107,331 127,896 109,004 96,619 86,999 1,417,686
Charter 3,346 3,439 3,449 3,411 3,330 3,505 3,784 3,382 2,902 1,927 1,537 1,099 922 36,033
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TABLE 3
FINAL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 101,476 100,359 96,745 97,690 99,150 98,567 101,129 101,299 99,961 109,208 90,674 78,605 69,233 1,244,096
2004-05 103,591 104,001 99,060 97,817 98,043 100,217 99,644 102,236 101,052 112,734 94,102 81,912 71,836 1,266,245
2005-06 108,605 106,818 103,699 100,870 98,844 99,582 101,492 101,006 102,197 113,988 97,382 85,307 74,342 1,294,132
2006-07 109,224 111,256 106,321 104,801 101,741 99,933 100,461 102,318 101,458 115,832 98,076 88,047 77,164 1,316,632
2007-08 107,996 112,611 110,585 107,998 104,796 102,705 100,317 101,371 102,477 117,247 98,080 88,797 79,470 1,334,450
CHARTER SCHOOL FINAL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 2,214 2,114 2,060 1,950 1,993 2,066 2,261 1,869 1,577 704 563 459 340 20,170
2004-05 2,597 2,483 2,324 2,282 2,129 2,307 2,592 2,269 1,834 865 637 470 410 23,199
2005-06 2,639 2,677 2,472 2,342 2,403 2,400 2,786 2,499 2,153 1,065 757 563 447 25,203
2006-07 2,690 2,717 2,641 2,433 2,476 2,573 2,792 2,657 2,423 1,216 932 660 515 26,725
2007-08 3,023 3,020 3,020 2,842 2,691 3,050 3,155 2,789 2,515 1,474 1,106 815 658 30,158
FIRST MONTH AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE BY GRADE, 2008-09
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
State 112,508 114,866 115,898 115,412 111,393 109,194 107,214 105,292 106,170 123,939 106,024 93,714 84,387 1,406,011
Public 109,253 111,520 112,534 112,087 108,150 105,771 103,514 101,991 103,341 122,076 104,542 92,654 83,509 1,370,942
Charter 3,255 3,346 3,364 3,325 3,243 3,423 3,700 3,301 2,829 1,863 1,482 1,060 878 35,069
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TABLE 4
MEMBERSHIP LAST DAY BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 107,575 105,305 101,253 102,027 103,708 103,166 106,799 107,363 106,096 112,938 92,592 80,394 72,186 1,301,402
2004-05 109,874 109,362 103,887 102,332 102,546 104,971 105,113 108,272 107,366 116,044 96,143 83,842 74,226 1,323,978
2005-06 115,030 112,351 108,695 105,459 103,381 104,188 106,926 106,954 108,416 117,359 99,435 87,427 76,888 1,352,509
2006-07 116,037 117,223 111,627 109,710 106,503 104,673 105,756 108,346 107,694 119,644 99,686 90,854 79,930 1,377,683
2007-08 114,151 117,993 115,637 112,589 109,287 107,286 105,280 107,082 108,559 120,626 99,918 91,480 82,527 1,392,415
CHARTER SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP LAST DAY BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 2,310 2,191 2,126 2,006 2,047 2,116 2,323 1,921 1,628 717 567 449 350 20,751
2004-05 2,708 2,566 2,407 2,334 2,184 2,345 2,655 2,321 1,889 874 645 472 427 23,827
2005-06 2,723 2,735 2,525 2,383 2,424 2,430 2,806 2,566 2,178 1,081 774 567 482 25,674
2006-07 2,794 2,817 2,722 2,498 2,531 2,643 2,863 2,736 2,487 1,248 920 641 551 27,451
2007-08 3,134 3,088 3,081 2,898 2,741 3,096 3,211 2,861 2,567 1,472 1,107 815 693 30,764
FIRST MONTH MEMBERSHIP BY GRADE, 2008-09
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
State 117,292 118,964 119,640 118,915 114,933 112,736 111,144 109,586 111,025 131,401 111,231 98,139 88,683 1,463,689
Public 113,939 115,524 116,182 115,496 111,607 109,222 107,346 106,192 108,111 129,464 109,696 97,036 87,755 1,427,570
Charter 3,353 3,440 3,458 3,419 3,326 3,514 3,798 3,394 2,914 1,937 1,535 1,103 928 36,119
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TABLE 5
PROMOT IONS* BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 100,883 99,023 98,167 98,684 102,415 101,568 104,286 104,378 103,182 96,745 85,072 75,663 70,160 1,240,226
2004-05 103,215 103,258 100,685 99,447 101,296 103,528 102,448 105,418 104,998 99,847 88,100 78,474 72,174 1,262,888
2005-06 108,674 106,454 105,530 102,913 101,910 102,786 104,209 104,290 105,670 99,900 90,070 81,198 74,686 1,288,290
2006-07 110,491 111,564 108,653 105,927 104,392 100,789 103,216 105,383 104,171 102,276 91,387 84,675 77,736 1,310,660
2007-08 108,689 112,486 112,609 108,865 107,618 103,837 103,084 104,465 105,028 101,578 90,383 84,490 80,105 1,323,237
CHARTER SCHOOL PROMOT IONS* BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 2,188 2,121 2,081 1,957 2,019 2,080 2,257 1,876 1,577 635 489 417 313 20,010
2004-05 2,661 2,540 2,383 2,310 2,175 2,334 2,622 2,302 1,882 781 591 455 406 23,442
2005-06 2,609 2,649 2,477 2,333 2,383 2,396 2,730 2,513 2,133 961 711 535 452 24,882
2006-07 2,698 2,729 2,678 2,453 2,504 2,585 2,771 2,665 2,396 1,152 867 630 513 26,641
2007-08 3,015 2,993 3,000 2,826 2,711 2,998 3,121 2,788 2,499 1,362 1,039 780 648 29,780
* Includes summer school promotions.
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NONPROMOT IONS* BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 6,692 6,282 3,086 3,343 1,293 1,598 2,513 2,985 2,914 16,193 7,520 4,731 2,026 61,176
2004-05 6,659 6,104 3,202 2,885 1,250 1,443 2,665 2,854 2,368 16,197 8,043 5,368 2,052 61,090
2005-06 6,356 5,897 3,165 2,546 1,471 1,402 2,717 2,664 2,746 17,459 9,365 6,229 2,202 64,219
2006-07 5,546 5,659 2,974 3,783 2,111 3,884 2,540 2,963 3,523 17,368 8,299 6,179 2,194 67,023
2007-08 5,462 5,507 3,028 3,724 1,669 3,449 2,196 2,617 3,531 19,048 9,535 6,990 2,422 69,178
CHARTER SCHOOL NONPROMOT IONS* BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2003-04 122 70 45 49 28 36 66 45 51 82 78 32 37 741
2004-05 154 85 75 75 33 40 117 74 30 239 154 54 75 1,205
2005-06 114 86 48 50 41 34 76 53 45 120 63 32 30 792
2006-07 96 88 44 45 27 58 92 71 91 96 53 11 38 810
2007-08 119 95 81 72 30 98 90 73 68 110 68 35 45 984
* Includes summer promotions
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TABLE 7
NONPROMOT ION* RATE (%) BY GRADE
Excludes Charter Schools
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2002-03 6.6 6.6 3.3 3.7 1.5 1.9 2.7 2.7 3.0 14.3 8.6 6.0 2.5 4.9
2003-04 6.1 5.9 3.0 3.2 1.2 1.5 2.4 2.7 2.7 14.3 8.1 5.9 2.8 4.7
2004-05 6.1 5.6 3.1 2.8 1.2 1.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 14.0 8.4 6.4 2.8 4.6
2005-06 5.5 5.3 2.9 2.4 1.4 1.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 14.9 9.4 7.1 2.9 4.8
2006-07 4.8 4.8 2.7 3.4 2 3.7 2.4 2.7 3.3 14.5 8.3 6.8 2.7 4.9
2007-08 4.8 4.7 2.6 3.3 1.5 3.2 2.1 2.4 3.3 15.8 9.5 7.6 2.9 5.0
CHARTER SCHOOL NONPROMOT IONS* RATE (%) BY GRADE
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
2002-03 4.3 3.9 2.1 3.3 1.7 2.0 2.7 3.6 2.9 9.8 8.5 9.3 13.0 3.6
2003-04 5.3 3.2 2.1 2.4 1.4 1.7 2.8 2.3 3.1 11.4 13.8 7.1 10.6 3.6
2004-05 5.7 3.3 3.1 3.2 1.5 1.7 4.4 3.2 1.6 27.4 23.8 11.4 17.5 5.0
2005-06 4.2 3.1 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.4 2.7 2.1 2.1 11.1 8.1 5.6 6.2 3.1
2006-07 3.4 3.1 1.6 1.8 1.1 2.2 3.2 2.6 3.7 7.7 5.8 1.7 6.9 3.0
2007-08 3.8 3.1 2.6 2.5 1.1 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.6 7.5 6.1 4.3 6.5 3.2
*Nonpromotions after summer school.
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TABLE 8
IMPACT OF SUMMER SCHOOL ON NONPROMOT ION RATE, 2007–08
Includes Charter Schools
Grade
Membership
Last Day (MLD)
Year-End
Nonpromotion
% of
MLD
Summer
Enrollment
Summer
Promotion
Revised
Nonpromotion
% of
MLD
K 117,285 5,845 5.0 176 264 5,581 4.8
1 121,081 6,094 5.0 406 492 5,602 4.6
2 118,718 3,546 3.0 359 437 3,109 2.6
3 115,487 6,318 5.5 3,109 2,522 3,796 3.3
4 112,028 2,976 2.7 1,380 1,277 1,699 1.5
5 110,382 5,574 5.0 3,501 2,027 3,547 3.2
6 108,491 4,355 4.0 2,353 2,069 2,286 2.1
7 109,943 5,150 4.7 2,701 2,460 2,690 2.4
8 111,126 7,415 6.7 4,214 3,816 3,599 3.2
9 122,098 21,361 17.5 2,678 2,203 19,158 15.7
10 101,025 11,233 11.1 1,818 1,630 9,603 9.5
11 92,295 8,912 9.7 1,959 1,887 7,025 7.6
12 83,220 3,682 4.4 1,069 1,215 2,467 3.0
TOTAL 1,423,179 92,461 6.5 25,723 22,299 70,162 4.9
Note: Summer enrollment is the number of nonpromoted students who enrolled in the summer school program.
The number does not include other summer school participants.
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TABLE 9
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BEING SERVED
BY EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN PROGRAMS, 2008–09*
AU Autistic
DB Deaf/Blind
DD Developmentally Delayed
ED Emotionally Disabled
IDMI Intellectually Disabled – Mild
HI Hearing Impaired
LD Specific Learning Disabled
MU Multiple Disabilities
OH Other Health Impaired
OI Orthodpedically Impaired
SI Speech-Language Impaired
IDSE Intellectually Disabled - Severe
TB Traumatic Brain Injured
IDMO Intellectually Disabled - Moderate
VI Visually Impaired
LEA AU ED DB DD IDMI HI MU OI OH IDSE LD SI IDMO TB VI Totals
Alamance-Burlington 155 95 175 234 38 53 23 497 3 1,094 598 30 13 9 3,017
Alexander County 25 38 49 85 14 4 9 120 1 176 224 14 2 3 764
Alleghany County 2 3 33 32 2 4 16 97 46 5 240
Anson County 7 6 68 132 6 3 7 110 2 111 226 23 701
Ashe County 15 22 95 45 5 5 2 42 143 142 7 3 1 527
Avery County 16 19 22 24 4 4 18 125 62 4 1 299
Beaufort County 39 55 103 118 10 6 3 94 8 358 257 30 2 12 1,095
Bertie County 6 4 48 72 1 2 23 6 143 74 11 3 393
Bladen County 10 21 1 80 156 3 2 1 128 1 96 91 22 4 3 619
Brunswick County 62 62 157 138 17 27 5 263 3 295 238 25 7 3 1,302
Buncombe County 231 113 180 176 33 108 17 601 11 1,088 733 53 10 7 3,361
Asheville City 38 18 63 37 3 11 4 98 126 91 7 2 1 499
Burke County 87 83 156 182 26 14 27 489 3 753 578 32 2 9 2,441
Cabarrus County 143 246 248 263 45 40 17 678 7 1,234 661 55 8 7 3,652
Kannapolis City 35 52 104 84 12 9 2 108 3 226 141 14 1 2 793
Caldwell County 53 39 1 108 245 14 22 13 89 18 334 423 25 4 7 1,395
Camden County 29 10 7 2 3 39 93 56 3 1 243
Carteret County 73 53 1 86 48 9 5 5 245 4 463 215 14 2 6 1,229
Caswell County 20 7 32 39 4 1 1 31 2 166 109 4 1 2 419
Catawba County 89 80 142 184 23 19 19 326 6 836 427 39 7 11 2,208
Hickory City 31 42 40 73 3 4 2 47 2 87 101 6 1 2 441
Newton Conover City 19 26 39 41 4 5 1 35 3 103 70 7 2 355
Chatham County 38 50 126 85 8 2 6 103 6 389 278 12 4 3 1,110
Cherokee County 10 14 42 34 4 3 25 242 105 6 1 4 490
Edenton/Chowan 16 8 36 42 1 6 23 1 161 33 3 2 332
Clay County 4 1 16 28 2 23 1 67 42 7 1 192
Cleveland County 68 87 178 231 32 15 21 347 20 500 494 61 10 9 2,073
Columbus County 17 24 71 189 6 23 1 84 2 149 181 25 4 4 780
Whiteville City 11 14 35 65 3 5 2 26 57 28 7 253
Craven County 169 93 1 116 180 20 24 7 216 39 403 256 45 8 6 1,583
Cumberland County 469 471 1 534 519 104 41 46 1,430 32 2,408 1,133 129 19 25 7,361
Currituck County 31 8 34 13 6 66 1 197 76 3 435
Dare County 14 32 42 19 12 6 4 108 146 156 3 2 1 545
Davidson County 66 62 124 237 31 25 18 326 7 735 629 56 7 9 2,332
Lexington City 7 26 40 115 5 21 4 40 5 56 68 7 1 1 396
Thomasville City 9 14 29 44 5 1 25 62 53 1 1 244
Davie County 51 52 1 44 55 10 7 5 60 2 345 181 5 5 2 825
Duplin County 42 20 133 117 11 17 6 125 241 194 8 1 2 917
Durham County 322 223 2 321 410 101 72 16 683 13 1,203 861 120 10 17 4,374
Edgecombe County 35 5 63 161 13 18 1 68 4 263 161 27 1 5 825
* Unduplicated count of children ages 3-21 as of December 1, 2008. Students with disabilities have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and are eligible for
federal funds (Title VI-B). See an explanation of "unduplicated" on Page 2.
Some classification have changed from previous year.
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TABLE 9 (continued)
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BEING SERVED
BY EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN PROGRAMS, 2008–09*
AU Autistic
DB Deaf/Blind
DD Developmentally Delayed
ED Emotionally Disabled
IDMI Intellectually Disabled – Mild
HI Hearing Impaired
LD Specific Learning Disabled
MU Multiple Disabilities
OH Other Health Impaired
OI Orthodpedically Impaired
SI Speech-Language Impaired
IDSE Intellectually Disabled - Severe
TB Traumatic Brain Injured
IDMO Intellectually Disabled - Moderate
VI Visually Impaired
LEA AU ED DB DD IDMI HI MU OI OH IDSE LD SI IDMO TB VI Totals
Forsyth County 271 225 3 217 609 66 74 86 721 21 2,394 1,812 157 10 23 6,689
Franklin County 39 36 84 88 7 8 2 101 1 255 182 23 3 1 830
Gaston County 187 108 1 261 342 51 65 19 766 21 1,036 689 71 15 12 3,644
Gates County 11 26 37 20 1 4 23 165 56 1 1 345
Graham County 5 3 5 16 1 3 40 40 40 153
Granville County 50 13 81 123 15 12 103 4 248 190 14 3 7 863
Greene County 15 13 74 81 7 5 14 6 150 79 17 461
Guilford County 642 408 3 596 514 128 216 64 1,885 38 3,666 2,016 149 27 26 10,378
Halifax County 19 33 1 34 175 8 8 12 5 114 52 17 1 6 485
Roanoke Rapids City 12 31 32 44 4 2 3 44 89 88 7 2 4 362
Weldon City 2 5 12 38 1 12 24 17 7 1 119
Harnett County 132 97 142 127 48 6 18 457 7 997 413 40 5 15 2,504
Haywood County 45 32 74 66 10 14 8 171 3 528 228 5 4 4 1,192
Henderson County 106 80 111 104 18 32 2 255 1 628 217 29 4 3 1,590
Hertford County 17 9 48 118 4 3 113 3 170 35 8 1 2 531
Hoke County 40 77 1 91 174 11 2 4 103 9 237 239 25 4 3 1,020
Hyde County 2 7 8 12 10 41 18 2 100
Iredell-Statesville 60 85 1 156 181 26 26 16 331 4 1,030 604 50 14 12 2,596
Mooresville City 37 13 45 46 7 6 8 120 4 210 127 9 5 637
Jackson County 41 23 1 58 54 3 5 2 66 3 242 93 6 1 598
Johnston County 229 192 272 394 74 24 32 1,116 11 1,853 537 72 11 16 4,833
Jones County 7 12 15 24 3 1 20 1 48 47 7 3 188
Lee County 73 26 106 75 14 9 7 156 4 315 229 28 6 4 1,052
Lenoir County 68 72 124 269 9 36 4 61 9 356 212 35 3 8 1,266
Lincoln County 44 53 129 112 17 2 9 209 5 588 382 33 1 8 1,592
Macon County 33 40 63 41 2 4 7 85 3 217 225 14 2 1 737
Madison County 19 7 50 28 6 15 4 44 1 147 67 1 5 3 397
Martin County 21 16 84 60 9 9 6 54 147 88 16 510
McDowell County 49 69 83 63 10 9 13 56 5 338 196 17 6 4 918
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 649 925 2 989 1,239 218 192 148 1,509 77 5,211 3,128 347 17 80 14,731
Mitchell County 8 7 1 15 19 5 5 1 13 211 52 1 2 340
Montgomery County 21 33 40 35 9 7 1 97 1 226 89 8 2 3 572
Moore County 106 43 142 154 26 16 4 188 4 473 304 23 2 12 1,497
Nash-Rocky Mount 82 55 115 293 43 24 5 194 5 766 365 43 9 6 2,005
New Hanover County 334 141 2 164 172 18 45 27 673 13 860 422 47 7 7 2,932
Northampton County 7 11 38 73 2 56 8 70 49 15 2 1 332
Onslow County 139 115 2 209 192 43 20 12 441 12 877 552 45 12 12 2,683
Orange County 63 29 42 53 10 12 4 225 388 172 13 3 5 1,019
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 147 30 82 39 7 23 9 225 7 348 71 10 5 2 1,005
Pamlico County 10 11 26 37 3 2 1 69 1 44 47 1 1 1 254
* Unduplicated count of children ages 3-21 as of December 1, 2008. Students with disabilities have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and are eligible for
federal funds (Title VI-B). See an explanation of "unduplicated" on Page 2.
Some classification have changed from previous year.
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TABLE 9 (continued)
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BEING SERVED
BY EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN PROGRAMS, 2008–09*
AU Autistic
DB Deaf/Blind
DD Developmentally Delayed
ED Emotionally Disabled
IDMI Intellectually Disabled – Mild
HI Hearing Impaired
LD Specific Learning Disabled
MU Multiple Disabilities
OH Other Health Impaired
OI Orthodpedically Impaired
SI Speech-Language Impaired
IDSE Intellectually Disabled - Severe
TB Traumatic Brain Injured
IDMO Intellectually Disabled - Moderate
VI Visually Impaired
LEA AU ED DB DD IDMI HI MU OI OH IDSE LD SI IDMO TB VI Totals
Pasquotank County 57 46 103 52 4 11 4 109 1 259 222 7 1 2 878
Pender County 66 27 68 63 8 4 5 186 4 315 188 16 8 2 960
Perquimans County 16 11 27 17 1 2 8 88 43 2 215
Person County 30 34 85 96 4 4 1 177 2 244 144 15 4 4 844
Pitt County 195 192 1 309 449 47 60 6 338 14 731 420 111 9 11 2,893
Polk County 10 7 18 40 3 1 73 4 123 100 1 1 381
Randolph County 69 58 111 154 28 30 9 299 2 726 504 39 4 3 2,036
Asheboro City 18 20 36 29 11 8 2 81 3 170 107 8 2 5 500
Richmond County 32 23 85 171 8 19 4 193 2 191 147 25 2 3 905
Robeson County 53 37 147 776 23 40 10 348 5 921 1,528 106 3 10 4,007
Rockingham County 66 51 95 152 22 10 15 271 11 490 777 30 6 7 2,003
Rowan-Salisbury 68 132 1 204 217 21 18 19 401 13 924 513 64 6 12 2,613
Rutherford County 63 40 108 151 6 3 8 197 4 588 145 15 2 2 1,332
Sampson County 23 34 82 192 9 8 4 172 13 194 250 37 2 4 1,024
Clinton City 6 17 16 78 3 1 2 28 35 77 11 1 2 277
Scotland County 38 49 82 185 10 12 2 101 7 328 145 28 2 989
Stanly County 31 75 117 88 25 12 13 379 5 559 248 13 2 4 1,571
Stokes County 39 29 84 91 12 12 13 61 3 536 253 25 3 1 1,162
Surry County 17 36 53 130 17 16 7 157 506 301 14 2 1,256
Elkin City 6 3 11 9 3 2 1 13 50 29 127
Mount Airy City 4 7 21 14 1 5 1 31 157 36 7 284
Swain County 11 15 39 8 3 2 45 124 80 5 332
Transylvania County 32 19 28 51 10 13 10 55 108 93 10 2 4 435
Tyrrell County 4 4 5 3 1 8 23 32 1 81
Union County 177 115 385 174 11 33 7 754 7 1,416 628 40 9 13 3,769
Vance County 51 40 47 234 3 13 4 142 6 224 198 27 6 7 1,002
Wake County 1,590 730 1 1,524 782 172 137 56 4,495 65 6,879 1,491 264 46 68 18,300
Warren County 8 15 37 77 3 2 26 2 105 128 11 414
Washington 7 2 42 45 2 1 1 31 121 52 11 1 316
Watauga 23 16 50 20 8 8 2 162 3 285 158 5 1 1 742
Wayne County 172 66 2 329 414 56 51 17 371 11 848 278 57 6 8 2,686
Wilkes County 27 37 138 165 13 14 9 92 11 427 289 19 2 12 1,255
Wilson County 104 32 104 229 11 21 12 107 4 271 231 45 4 11 1,186
Yadkin County 15 16 50 73 13 13 9 88 348 272 14 3 914
Yancey County 15 7 30 31 3 2 3 34 190 55 5 375
LEA Total 9,549 7,537 31 13,645 16,725 2,153 2,182 1,087 28,746 715 61,022 35,083 3,456 471 682 183,084
* Unduplicated count of children ages 3-21 as of December 1, 2008. Students with disabilities have Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and are eligible for
federal funds (Title VI-B). See an explanation of "unduplicated" on Page 2.
Some classification have changed from previous year.
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TABLE 10
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BY RACE AND SEX, 2008–09
Indian Asian Hispanic Black White
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Totals
Alamance-Burlington 26 43 157 148 1,929 1,966 3,035 2,960 6,339 5,933 22,536
Alexander County 2 2 85 61 182 149 187 198 2,426 2,294 5,586
Alleghany County 0 0 3 0 104 82 32 25 636 650 1,532
Anson County 10 8 42 49 48 41 1,240 1,220 677 655 3,990
Ashe County 3 4 5 5 85 81 43 38 1,542 1,441 3,247
Avery County 3 4 6 5 67 67 18 20 1,036 1,038 2,264
Beaufort County 1 6 11 9 341 347 1,390 1,380 1,973 1,812 7,270
Bertie County 10 4 6 11 23 13 1,320 1,246 177 166 2,976
Bladen County 37 47 4 4 257 242 1,229 1,191 1,123 1,049 5,183
Brunswick County 46 50 30 32 496 423 1,372 1,304 4,093 3,991 11,837
Buncombe County 62 47 146 206 1,134 1,069 1,355 1,352 10,544 9,932 25,847
Asheville City 6 5 33 32 97 90 747 774 1,008 946 3,738
Burke County 18 17 563 483 465 429 731 656 5,407 5,224 13,993
Cabarrus County 51 45 274 267 1,587 1,529 2,978 2,826 9,412 8,778 27,747
Kannapolis City 4 3 44 34 590 507 895 782 1,182 1,099 5,140
Caldwell County 8 7 48 47 410 377 602 616 5,528 5,425 13,068
Camden County 6 3 11 14 8 16 170 132 781 755 1,896
Carteret County 10 16 38 60 147 144 510 435 3,542 3,372 8,274
Caswell County 4 2 6 6 79 83 687 643 913 764 3,187
Catawba County 25 25 658 619 805 780 855 870 6,653 6,308 17,598
Hickory City 7 6 120 118 383 376 643 659 1,124 1,098 4,534
Newton Conover City 2 1 77 81 274 263 330 314 797 735 2,874
Chatham County 9 5 25 32 975 862 714 744 2,251 2,104 7,721
Cherokee County 22 29 12 11 42 46 65 68 1,690 1,592 3,577
Edenton/Chowan 1 1 3 1 36 21 559 538 653 581 2,394
Clay County 0 1 0 3 15 17 11 16 712 619 1,394
Cleveland County 13 10 65 76 264 240 2,482 2,478 5,665 5,273 16,566
Columbus County 184 230 7 3 216 228 1,243 1,252 1,776 1,737 6,876
Whiteville City 14 16 5 9 63 55 581 571 582 565 2,461
Craven County 19 20 188 175 413 393 2,580 2,714 4,193 4,012 14,707
Cumberland County 507 523 490 541 1,925 1,915 13,885 13,805 10,194 9,345 53,130
Currituck County 6 4 8 7 55 43 212 206 1,770 1,698 4,009
Dare County 2 8 18 31 191 179 136 142 2,123 1,984 4,814
Davidson County 29 29 108 127 505 445 510 460 9,305 9,145 20,663
Lexington City 3 5 103 76 421 407 652 634 428 369 3,098
Thomasville City 7 3 17 18 297 336 618 603 346 311 2,556
Davie County 5 6 14 24 308 317 342 322 2,705 2,612 6,655
Duplin County 10 8 8 8 1,376 1,251 1,328 1,349 1,798 1,757 8,893
Durham Public 29 38 439 427 2,959 2,948 9,206 9,198 3,630 3,422 32,296
Edgecombe County 0 4 9 11 246 246 2,204 2,122 1,289 1,197 7,328
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TABLE 10 (continued)
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BY RACE AND SEX, 2008–09
Indian Asian Hispanic Black White
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Totals
Forsyth County 62 53 488 499 4,461 4,393 9,412 9,008 11,999 11,435 51,810
Franklin County 15 17 18 23 516 442 1,499 1,514 2,325 2,106 8,475
Gaston County 38 29 228 240 1,233 1,209 3,669 3,677 11,370 10,752 32,445
Gates County 1 5 2 3 9 16 384 367 571 568 1,926
Graham County 74 73 2 2 12 3 9 13 486 483 1,157
Granville County 17 15 27 37 419 365 1,698 1,664 2,418 2,204 8,864
Greene County 0 0 5 2 375 345 737 790 573 516 3,343
Guilford County 180 171 1,948 1,850 3,238 3,125 16,617 16,148 14,604 13,644 71,525
Halifax County 146 121 5 4 27 27 1,920 1,872 109 78 4,309
Roanoke Rapids City 5 9 23 19 41 41 348 345 1,084 1,051 2,966
Weldon City 0 1 5 3 6 4 476 466 8 11 980
Harnett County 94 92 54 51 1,224 1,142 3,069 3,015 5,282 4,890 18,913
Haywood County 38 38 12 20 164 160 119 103 3,759 3,491 7,904
Henderson County 25 21 86 96 1,085 1,006 569 570 5,001 4,849 13,308
Hertford County 9 17 6 4 19 27 1,290 1,336 270 206 3,184
Hoke County 506 496 40 41 512 472 1,661 1,691 1,155 1,046 7,620
Hyde County 0 0 0 1 28 43 119 131 168 140 630
Iredell-Statesville 16 23 265 280 995 920 1,831 1,775 7,904 7,329 21,338
Mooresville City 5 5 41 59 165 144 494 473 2,019 1,999 5,404
Jackson County 191 194 17 22 115 99 52 37 1,560 1,423 3,710
Johnston County 80 65 104 104 2,520 2,373 3,506 3,218 9,957 9,466 31,393
Jones County 5 1 2 6 21 30 322 319 264 215 1,185
Lee County 27 33 43 45 1,276 1,233 1,269 1,306 2,331 2,114 9,677
Lenoir County 10 11 24 29 421 320 2,444 2,198 2,027 1,908 9,392
Lincoln County 18 22 36 34 586 551 586 567 5,039 4,704 12,143
Macon County 7 8 24 13 244 208 51 46 1,963 1,855 4,419
Madison County 5 4 4 10 32 24 22 20 1,309 1,205 2,635
Martin County 3 2 8 11 63 55 1,021 995 853 884 3,895
McDowell County 10 7 49 50 275 246 164 177 2,838 2,707 6,523
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 365 341 3,138 3,114 10,511 10,298 30,342 30,751 22,848 22,352 134,060
Mitchell County 0 6 2 9 63 44 7 8 1,079 936 2,154
Montgomery County 4 4 46 42 583 562 569 539 1,067 987 4,403
Moore County 67 60 65 72 536 532 1,374 1,353 4,236 3,971 12,266
Nash-Rocky Mount 54 47 132 94 694 615 4,893 4,852 3,288 3,064 17,733
New Hanover County 58 45 184 177 776 692 3,409 3,405 7,884 7,464 24,094
Northampton County 1 2 8 2 24 19 1,086 981 236 213 2,572
Onslow County 93 80 195 170 831 757 3,591 3,607 7,427 7,009 23,760
Orange County 17 7 28 42 312 338 743 732 2,525 2,288 7,032
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 11 6 770 797 621 587 1,190 1,134 3,340 3,176 11,632
Pamlico County 3 1 5 5 19 18 216 209 499 460 1,435
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TABLE 10 (continued)
PUPILS IN MEMBERSHIP BY RACE AND SEX, 2007–08
Indian Asian Hispanic Black White
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Totals
Pasquotank County 10 13 37 27 88 87 1,449 1,494 1,497 1,404 6,106
Pender County 12 12 17 19 369 326 941 949 2,864 2,687 8,196
Perquimans County 1 2 2 3 14 20 296 284 582 532 1,736
Person County 15 18 8 14 160 141 1,035 1,008 1,489 1,422 5,310
Pitt County 16 21 177 163 891 816 6,093 6,002 4,750 4,316 23,245
Polk County 6 2 4 6 118 92 132 137 1,006 987 2,490
Randolph County 50 53 117 116 1,132 1,012 687 661 7,895 7,205 18,928
Asheboro City 7 5 32 45 756 738 439 454 1,063 1,033 4,572
Richmond County 181 174 39 30 253 239 1,670 1,620 1,810 1,784 7,800
Robeson County 5,336 5,050 67 67 1,001 1,039 3,641 3,487 2,109 1,995 23,792
Rockingham County 29 28 36 39 547 494 1,958 1,789 4,796 4,412 14,128
Rowan-Salisbury 22 27 124 142 1,041 957 2,497 2,320 7,018 6,767 20,915
Rutherford County 2 2 31 28 214 218 829 785 3,712 3,583 9,404
Sampson County 49 56 10 8 1,088 1,029 1,229 1,148 1,915 1,960 8,492
Clinton City 66 55 15 22 239 244 696 722 524 524 3,107
Scotland County 452 478 46 49 40 41 1,685 1,586 1,230 1,075 6,682
Stanly County 14 12 196 162 245 238 807 764 3,637 3,311 9,386
Stokes County 10 13 8 9 105 104 246 232 3,314 3,174 7,215
Surry County 4 5 16 21 690 686 261 216 3,491 3,340 8,730
Elkin City 0 0 3 1 97 95 44 34 482 460 1,216
Mount Airy City 2 0 18 26 101 79 137 135 557 580 1,635
Swain County 241 221 6 8 23 31 13 10 725 630 1,908
Transylvania County 8 7 12 21 63 47 180 196 1,676 1,553 3,763
Tyrrell County 0 0 3 3 32 33 120 135 131 138 595
Union County 52 48 299 281 2,313 2,188 3,349 3,118 13,469 12,907 38,024
Vance County 0 4 21 11 333 348 2,529 2,474 962 831 7,513
Wake County 191 191 3,991 3,962 8,102 7,790 21,292 20,905 36,434 34,848 137,706
Warren County 72 71 3 4 51 58 975 961 246 212 2,653
Washington County 1 0 3 1 41 35 755 699 239 188 1,962
Watauga County 0 1 22 29 90 83 85 68 2,123 1,983 4,484
Wayne County 16 16 105 101 1,170 1,125 4,172 4,043 4,486 4,148 19,382
Wilkes County 8 3 34 32 423 439 345 345 4,351 4,099 10,079
Wilson County 14 12 92 74 695 639 3,200 3,153 2,432 2,331 12,642
Yadkin County 3 5 15 17 492 498 166 165 2442 2220 6,023
Yancey County 4 1 5 7 108 93 35 33 1,113 1,073 2,472
LEA Total 10,355 10,023 17,639 17,501 77,995 74,610 224,463 220,407 398,268 376,699 1,427,960
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TABLE 11
A HISTOR Y OF PUPIL MEMBERSHIP BY RACE
American Indian/
Alaskan Native Black
Asian/
Pacific Islander Hispanic White
YEAR No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % LEA TOTAL
1989-90 17,240 1.6 327,420 30.4 8,938 0.8 7,100 0.7 717,463 66.5 1,078,161
1990-91 17,225 1.6 327,658 30.3 9,711 0.9 8,530 0.8 719,448 66.4 1,082,572
1991-92 17,100 1.6 329,802 30.2 10,395 1.0 10,031 0.8 725,149 66.4 1,092,477
1992-93 17,233 1.6 334,765 30.2 11,519 1.0 12,124 1.1 731,204 66.1 1,106,845
1993-94 17,522 1.6 340,566 30.3 12,641 1.1 14,507 1.3 738,332 65.7 1,123,568
1994-95 17,554 1.5 348,461 30.4 14,098 1.2 17,699 1.6 748,862 65.3 1,146,674
1995-96 17,698 1.5 358,129 30.6 15,696 1.3 22,299 1.9 759,128 64.7 1,172,950
1996-97 18,092 1.5 368,478 30.7 17,520 1.4 27,300 2.3 769,065 64.1 1,200,455
1997-98 18,375 1.5 376,740 30.8 19,550 1.6 32,902 2.7 774,602 63.4 1,222,169
1998-99 18,543 1.5 383,287 31.0 20,932 1.7 38,319 3.1 776,527 62.7 1,237,608
1999-00 18,762 1.5 388,778 31.0 22,597 1.8 46,164 3.7 777,400 62.0 1,253,701
2000-01 18,651 1.5 393,712 31.0 23,576 1.9 56,232 4.4 776,251 61.2 1,268,422
2001-02 18,872 1.5 400,492 31.1 24,782 1.9 67,677 5.3 775,108 60.2 1,286,931
2002-03 19,081 1.5 407,550 31.2 25,574 2.0 77,485 5.9 774,635 59.4 1,304,325
2003-04 19,416 1.5 416,264 31.4 26,593 2.0 88,355 6.6 775,079 58.5 1,325,707
2004-05 19,806 1.5 422,993 31.3 26,593 2.0 101,380 7.5 775,383 57.5 1,346,155
2005-06 19,927 1.4 432,587 31.4 29,095 2.1 116,021 8.4 780,676 56.6 1,378,306
2006-07 20,143 1.4 439,725 31.3 31,077 2.2 130,690 9.3 784,059 55.8 1,405,694
2007-08 20,279 1.4 444,164 31.2 33,023 2.3 143,911 10.1 781,037 54.9 1,422,414
2008-09 20,378 1.4 444,870 31.2 35,140 2.5 152,605 10.7 774,967 54.3 1,427,960
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TABLE 12
2008 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES INTENTIONS
Including 2007 Summer School
MALE FEMALE Total
American
Indian Black White Hispanic Asian Total
American
Indian Black White Hispanic Asian Total
Total
Number
Total
Percent
Public Senior Institutions
North Carolina 121 3,477 8,237 345 463 12,643 183 5,273 9,335 415 480 15,686 28,329 34.0%
Out-of-state 2 263 853 64 37 1,219 9 274 853 49 36 1,221 2,440 2.9%
Total 123 3,740 9,090 409 500 13,862 192 5,547 10,188 464 516 16,907 30,769 36.9%
Private Senior Institutions
North Carolina 16 834 1,549 76 54 2,529 12 1,002 2,407 118 104 3,643 6,172 7.4%
Out-of-state 2 257 730 39 30 1,058 4 324 804 43 38 1,213 2,271 2.7%
Total 18 1,091 2,279 115 84 3,587 16 1,326 3,211 161 142 4,856 8,443 10.1%
Comunity and Technical Coleges
North Carolina 191 3,111 8,864 805 266 13,237 254 4,510 9,712 930 236 15,642 28,879 34.7%
Out-of-state 2 130 196 30 4 362 0 112 186 30 11 339 701 0.8%
Total 193 3,241 9,060 835 270 13,599 254 4,622 9,898 960 247 15,981 29,580 35.5%
Private Junior Coleges
North Carolina 3 155 104 7 4 273 2 108 92 11 2 215 488 0.6%
Out-of-state 3 50 39 3 1 96 0 14 14 5 0 33 129 0.2%
Total 6 205 143 10 5 369 2 122 106 16 2 248 617 0.7%
Trade and Busines Schols, etc.
North Carolina 6 175 278 26 3 488 1 249 308 27 7 592 1,080 1.3%
Out-of-state 4 92 177 12 4 289 2 36 59 2 2 101 390 0.5%
Total 10 267 455 38 7 777 3 285 367 29 9 693 1,470 1.8%
Military 37 711 1,344 106 24 2,222 10 380 267 22 3 682 2,904 3.5%
Employment 64 1,247 2,552 472 42 4,377 26 786 1,178 352 30 2,372 6,749 8.1%
Others 23 548 790 101 31 1,493 33 425 641 138 32 1,269 2,762 3.3%
State Total 474 11,050 25,713 2,086 963 40,286 536 13,493 25,856 2,142 981 43,008 83,294 100.0%
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TABLE 13
INTENTIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
A FIVE-YEAR HISTOR Y
PERCENT OF GRADUATES
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Public Senior Institutions 37.5 38.5 38.3 38.0 36.9
North Carolina 35.0 36.0 35.7 35.1 34.0
Out-of-state 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.9
Private Senior Institutions 9.8 9.5 9.7 9.7 10.1
North Carolina 7.0 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.4
Out-of-state 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7
Comunity and Technical Coleges 33.0 33.9 33.7 34.7 35.5
North Carolina 32.3 32.9 32.8 33.9 34.7
Out-of-state 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8
Private Junior Coleges 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
North Carolina 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6
Out-of-state 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Trade and Busines Schols, etc. 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8
North Carolina 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3
Out-of-state 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Military 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.5
Employment 9.2 8.8 9.0 7.9 8.1
Others 3.8 3.2 3.1 4.1 3.3
Total Number of Graduates 71,853 74,691 76,940 80,606 83,294
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TABLE 14
PROJECTION OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Alamance-Burlington 1,349 1,344 1,342 1,405 1,381 1,327 1,444 1,426 1,504 1,558
Alexander County 342 335 353 354 347 365 340 327 336 360
Alleghany County 87 116 108 98 94 103 96 118 114 109
Anson County 239 228 253 258 203 202 194 186 189 203
Ashe County 218 193 210 200 190 207 224 240 241 212
Avery County 146 155 149 146 121 147 135 133 144 136
Beaufort County 445 415 390 379 384 368 383 369 382 421
Bertie County 170 168 161 177 169 162 154 147 151 142
Bladen County 331 280 287 296 281 285 254 268 275 266
Brunswick County 684 680 775 708 631 666 694 657 701 777
Buncombe County 1,628 1,550 1,597 1,587 1,511 1,583 1,533 1,534 1,632 1,658
Asheville City 253 223 225 229 225 195 213 212 224 232
Burke County 990 843 782 838 777 788 739 770 755 797
Cabarrus County 1,591 1,640 1,770 1,777 1,904 1,965 2,090 2,192 2,429 2,690
Kannapolis City 233 236 250 277 284 263 293 299 327 311
Caldwell County 769 769 792 781 747 754 745 801 774 789
Camden County 120 117 125 118 124 126 131 141 141 141
Carteret County 564 571 557 563 540 519 537 579 565 586
Caswell County 189 222 191 198 185 164 161 168 172 166
Catawba County 1,166 1,214 1,234 1,157 1,215 1,137 1,192 1,207 1,233 1,278
Hickory City 277 238 241 262 244 253 246 278 279 308
Newton Conover City 178 172 185 175 162 156 166 175 159 181
Chatham County 470 470 435 491 476 432 484 499 519 549
Cherokee County 255 256 249 244 236 248 232 228 212 234
Edenton/Chowan 166 153 141 145 152 121 154 116 139 132
Clay County 91 94 84 72 89 90 90 81 94 103
Cleveland County 1,027 941 1,035 973 906 875 915 937 873 919
Columbus County 435 388 373 357 366 356 342 379 399 383
Whiteville City 162 165 151 141 148 160 166 135 156 132
Craven County 867 820 909 835 810 797 820 832 878 863
Cumberland County 3,327 3,295 3,303 3,268 3,263 3,121 3,379 3,257 3,323 3,357
Currituck County 282 270 280 280 267 281 250 290 328 279
Dare County 352 359 385 326 357 346 346 316 317 338
Davidson County 1,289 1,302 1,233 1,216 1,218 1,262 1,277 1,359 1,299 1,414
Lexington City 157 142 149 152 130 145 131 137 131 160
Thomasville City 139 139 141 144 128 113 145 145 148 143
Davie County 375 419 418 426 449 434 437 476 474 481
Duplin County 468 458 461 449 402 420 452 482 448 493
Durham Public 1,813 2,009 2,014 2,030 1,811 1,756 1,855 1,810 2,026 2,181
Edgecombe County 446 459 443 407 386 411 382 369 383 404
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TABLE 14 (continued)
PROJECTION OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Forsyth County 3,150 3,038 3,029 2,976 2,961 2,983 3,102 3,130 3,303 3,469
Franklin County 500 492 512 530 552 495 560 579 551 582
Gaston County 2,035 1,983 1,949 1,893 1,884 1,937 1,943 2,097 2,160 2,276
Gates County 123 127 129 133 115 118 124 145 136 129
Graham County 57 70 81 64 70 70 64 70 78 70
Granville County 490 494 543 515 486 495 515 496 536 500
Greene County 182 192 161 172 166 178 178 196 198 210
Guilford County 4,617 4,587 4,830 4,906 4,836 4,958 4,986 5,176 5,208 5,482
Halifax County 286 254 259 223 202 166 172 165 156 161
Roanoke Rapids City 174 182 171 148 166 141 128 154 147 159
Weldon City 75 71 72 55 42 59 47 57 46 57
Harnett County 1,111 1,049 1,101 1,056 1,075 1,137 1,150 1,167 1,197 1,258
Haywood County 476 510 520 503 511 474 473 512 492 486
Henderson County 825 752 811 810 834 830 887 930 930 938
Hertford County 236 195 194 174 162 169 141 145 154 145
Hoke County 334 292 338 343 330 327 334 350 398 417
Hyde County 55 45 44 41 36 44 35 39 33 33
Iredell-Statesville 1,407 1,431 1,451 1,529 1,481 1,516 1,527 1,634 1,630 1,683
Mooresville City 342 368 375 378 367 364 440 455 504 518
Jackson County 201 215 201 203 197 207 231 223 243 238
Johnston County 1,625 1,693 1,676 1,806 1,881 1,974 1,983 2,218 2,312 2,348
Jones County 75 82 80 65 64 59 64 55 58 56
Lee County 586 539 565 539 564 536 558 560 607 587
Lenoir County 608 583 563 502 515 474 483 488 477 468
Lincoln County 851 811 790 856 844 838 824 871 887 969
Macon County 273 271 278 280 263 271 285 308 322 303
Madison County 140 138 140 139 153 150 151 151 172 153
Martin County 242 193 180 168 160 144 145 150 167 111
McDowell County 384 377 397 400 414 395 391 401 417 442
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 7,052 7,091 7,254 7,362 7,388 7,453 7,846 8,236 8,783 9,172
Mitchell County 128 122 123 116 121 109 102 112 114 124
Montgomery County 271 255 267 243 223 259 223 245 262 254
Moore County 714 860 903 906 872 884 894 986 975 987
Nash-Rocky Mount 1,049 1,017 1,062 999 1,048 965 980 925 944 933
New Hanover County 1,460 1,507 1,456 1,463 1,483 1,383 1,463 1,451 1,506 1,643
Northampton County 144 162 139 137 115 111 121 108 108 112
Onslow County 1,472 1,453 1,368 1,426 1,480 1,439 1,500 1,552 1,702 1,713
Orange County 485 440 442 503 468 473 477 474 539 501
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 811 797 841 854 847 842 916 942 909 960
Pamlico County 141 134 119 129 113 103 117 115 110 98
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TABLE 14 (continued)
PROJECTION OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Pasquotank County 354 326 329 282 324 303 300 330 344 363
Pender County 541 549 510 530 521 479 588 584 567 641
Perquimans County 102 113 124 121 123 106 101 142 131 144
Person County 331 338 333 291 283 282 250 272 252 266
Pitt County 1,298 1,215 1,383 1,321 1,329 1,234 1,336 1,372 1,440 1,426
Polk County 168 168 160 179 167 149 163 171 164 171
Randolph County 1,035 1,025 1,074 1,041 1,064 1,038 1,069 1,105 1,165 1,191
Asheboro City 244 299 254 282 256 238 258 266 287 293
Richmond County 470 431 397 438 366 388 408 396 376 350
Robeson County 1,389 1,234 1,234 1,258 1,166 1,105 1,149 1,132 1,196 1,195
Rockingham County 898 801 881 834 801 770 778 757 785 755
Rowan-Salisbury 1,352 1,275 1,288 1,277 1,195 1,210 1,275 1,311 1,254 1,352
Rutherford County 629 595 568 571 557 541 472 505 489 495
Sampson County 400 477 516 505 498 494 464 479 494 527
Clinton City 175 136 134 131 148 149 154 163 181 189
Scotland County 389 428 370 388 350 356 376 354 347 386
Stanly County 614 611 577 601 573 557 496 572 533 537
Stokes County 492 503 451 517 489 464 469 467 445 455
Surry County 543 541 578 538 537 542 563 571 585 594
Elkin City 86 84 96 96 85 98 83 104 87 101
Mount Airy City 134 124 110 82 101 94 102 88 86 79
Swain County 130 142 109 136 129 109 127 132 134 142
Transylvania County 251 267 255 217 242 253 229 251 239 269
Tyrrell County 40 39 35 36 20 25 31 36 33 31
Union County 2,136 2,213 2,439 2,658 2,895 3,137 3,302 3,584 4,001 4,368
Vance County 477 475 445 395 376 362 343 335 353 360
Wake County 8,186 8,303 9,056 9,196 9,503 9,885 10,703 11,304 11,867 12,746
Warren County 179 186 191 177 173 145 142 146 155 147
Washington County 129 149 141 129 115 126 119 111 99 133
Watauga County 347 327 301 335 336 327 324 313 312 338
Wayne County 1,170 1,155 1,151 1,096 1,069 1,060 1,073 1,101 1,131 1,159
Wilkes County 566 571 575 561 562 554 572 542 569 599
Wilson County 629 643 652 645 593 614 571 654 685 674
Yadkin County 397 381 414 400 410 385 382 418 421 406
Yancey County 185 157 173 203 151 157 152 150 135 158
State Total 85,743 85,001 86,898 86,951 86,310 86,371 89,309 92,361 95,682 99,671
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TABLE 15
PUBLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT AND COHORT GRADUATION DATA, 2007–08
4-Year Cohort
4-Year Cohort
Graduation 5-Year Cohort
5-Year Cohort
Graduation
Grades 7-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Grades 9-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Students Rates Students Rates Students Rates Students Rate
Alamance-Burlington 1,867 70.8 1,742 73.2 470 4.4 457 6.3
Alexander County 401 75.8 453 77.3 87 3.3 87 5.1
Alleghany County 136 81.6 120 79.2 21 2.9 21 4.1
Anson County 319 64.3 363 66.7 55 2.8 52 3.9
Ashe County 236 80.9 297 84.2 63 4.2 63 6.2
Avery County 156 76.3 192 82.3 26 2.5 26 3.6
Beaufort County 532 62.2 575 64.7 141 4.1 135 5.8
Bertie County 285 60.4 266 73.3 46 3.1 46 4.7
Bladen County 472 61.7 487 62.6 89 3.5 87 5.1
Brunswick County 912 72.5 832 74.0 201 3.6 197 5.2
Buncombe County 1,962 72.1 1,915 76.5 386 3.1 380 4.5
Asheville City 332 68.7 315 79.4 66 3.9 66 5.3
Burke County 1,207 69.8 1,074 66.8 200 2.9 200 4.3
Cabarrus County 1,951 72.9 1,786 76.8 409 3.3 394 4.8
Kannapolis City 332 69.3 277 70.4 100 4.6 98 7.1
Caldwell County 1,045 67.4 992 73.5 237 3.8 235 5.6
Camden County 143 81.8 99 76.8 26 2.9 26 4.3
Carteret County 559 77.6 640 80.3 109 2.6 108 3.9
Caswell County 266 67.3 251 75.7 66 4.2 66 6.2
Catawba County 1,319 81.2 1,291 81.8 230 2.7 230 4.0
Hickory City 353 76.8 343 72.9 132 6.2 125 8.7
Newton Conover City 232 81.0 226 79.6 20 1.5 20 2.2
Chatham County 596 79.9 612 77.8 96 2.8 92 3.9
Cherokee County 285 75.8 244 79.1 49 2.8 48 4.0
Edenton/Chowan 180 64.4 193 75.1 32 2.7 32 4.1
Clay County 102 76.5 108 85.2 16 2.5 16 3.9
Cleveland County 1,299 67.9 1,345 73.1 392 4.8 376 6.8
Columbus County 637 63.4 538 70.6 91 2.8 83 3.9
Whiteville City 169 65.7 249 59.0 40 3.5 40 5.2
Craven County 1,138 75.2 1,017 76.9 204 3.1 204 4.6
Cumberland County 4,152 71.3 4,361 70.4 630 2.5 615 3.6
Currituck County 296 77.7 273 76.9 65 3.3 64 4.8
Dare County 341 85.3 383 83.3 27 1.2 26 1.7
Davidson County 1,668 65.8 1,474 71.0 410 4.2 394 6.0
Lexington City 193 61.1 169 63.9 49 3.7 49 5.6
Thomasville City 183 62.3 188 62.8 55 4.7 52 6.6
Davie County 475 72.6 405 76.3 127 4.0 125 6.1
Duplin County 579 70.3 596 75.7 151 3.9 149 5.8
Durham Public 2,642 62.9 2,138 69.0 441 3.0 439 4.2
Edgecombe County 617 59.2 548 68.1 175 4.9 166 6.8
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TABLE 15 (continued)
PUBLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT AND COHORT GRADUATION DATA, 2007-08
4-Year Cohort
4-Year Cohort
Graduation 5-Year Cohort
5-Year Cohort
Graduation
Grades 7-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Grades 9-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Students Rates Students Rates Students Rates Students Rate
Forsyth County 3,845 70.8 3,531 73.9 926 3.9 898 5.5
Franklin County 696 71.6 582 68.4 146 3.7 138 5.3
Gaston County 2,599 72.3 2,449 73.0 629 4.0 607 5.7
Gates County 183 71.0 168 81.5 40 4.1 39 5.9
Graham County 101 62.4 109 72.5 13 2.5 13 3.8
Granville County 1,025 43.8 623 69.3 205 4.7 204 6.9
Greene County 219 65.3 231 64.5 63 4.2 63 6.3
Guilford County 5,448 79.5 4,927 81.4 772 2.3 760 3.3
Halifax County 366 65.0 383 71.8 97 4.4 97 6.3
Roanoke Rapids City 238 63.9 226 69.9 73 5.2 67 7.1
Weldon City 83 69.9 59 69.5 17 3.5 17 4.9
Harnett County 1,266 71.8 1,177 73.3 302 3.5 296 5.2
Haywood County 601 75.7 608 75.8 159 4.2 158 6.2
Henderson County 978 78.5 951 80.3 182 3.0 177 4.4
Hertford County 280 62.1 235 72.8 32 2.0 32 3.0
Hoke County 426 69.0 386 70.2 104 3.4 99 5.1
Hyde County 13 15.4 44 79.5 8 2.6 8 3.7
Iredell-Statesville 1,459 80.7 1,499 78.3 245 2.4 242 3.5
Mooresville City 413 79.9 336 80.1 72 2.9 72 4.3
Jackson County 311 65.6 289 72.7 87 5.1 87 7.4
Johnston County 1,900 75.1 1,651 77.1 457 3.4 428 4.9
Jones County 94 54.3 112 65.2 23 3.9 21 5.2
Lee County 690 71.4 680 67.2 149 3.4 148 5.0
Lenoir County 783 65.1 715 68.8 146 3.1 144 4.5
Lincoln County 921 79.8 925 79.2 180 3.0 179 4.4
Macon County 309 77.0 304 78.0 59 2.9 57 4.1
Madison County 181 74.0 206 79.1 59 4.8 59 7.2
Martin County 320 72.5 412 56.6 84 4.4 71 5.7
McDowell County 535 68.6 508 70.7 126 4.1 123 6.1
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 8,846 66.6 7,789 77.0 2,424 4.1 2,355 5.9
Mitchell County 200 61.0 165 72.1 51 4.8 51 7.1
Montgomery County 327 74.6 352 71.3 88 4.3 88 6.3
Moore County 1,000 73.1 867 79.1 172 2.9 172 4.3
Nash-Rocky Mount 1,522 62.1 1,388 71.0 408 4.8 386 6.8
New Hanover County 2,108 63.6 1,988 66.0 422 3.7 421 5.4
Northampton County 275 70.2 281 71.9 49 4.0 48 5.6
Onslow County 1,751 77.0 1,731 74.5 314 3.0 314 4.5
Orange County 600 75.3 469 77.4 107 3.1 107 4.6
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 778 87.9 703 89.5 57 1.0 57 1.5
Pamlico County 165 85.5 175 81.7 30 3.6 30 4.8
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TABLE 15 (continued)
PUBLIC SCHOOL DROPOUT AND COHORT GRADUATION DATA, 2007–08
4-Year Cohort
4-Year Cohort
Graduation 5-Year Cohort
5-Year Cohort
Graduation
Grades 7-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Grades 9-12
Duplicated Dropouts
Students Rates Students Rates Students Rates Students Rate
Pasquotank County 510 64.9 487 65.1 81 2.9 81 4.3
Pender County 589 64.3 574 71.6 104 2.7 103 4.0
Perquimans County 133 63.9 145 73.8 33 3.9 31 5.4
Person County 454 75.3 445 71.0 100 3.8 96 5.4
Pitt County 2,169 54.0 1,608 65.3 491 4.5 482 6.4
Polk County 197 76.6 183 85.2 39 3.3 39 4.9
Randolph County 1,458 72.8 1,378 73.9 349 4.0 346 5.9
Asheboro City 320 77.2 327 78.3 73 3.6 73 5.4
Richmond County 634 65.1 573 67.7 135 3.6 119 4.9
Robeson County 2,155 51.4 1,642 62.8 468 4.3 462 6.3
Rockingham County 1,176 65.8 1,123 72.7 308 4.5 298 6.4
Rowan-Salisbury 1,757 67.0 1,645 73.9 394 3.9 380 5.5
Rutherford County 823 68.7 803 69.7 204 4.3 202 6.3
Sampson County 587 68.0 556 74.8 152 4.0 151 6.0
Clinton City 201 75.6 198 75.8 55 4.2 53 6.2
Scotland County 544 64.9 549 62.7 83 2.7 78 3.8
Stanly County 808 75.1 821 79.4 146 3.2 142 4.6
Stokes County 600 75.7 524 81.9 144 4.0 144 5.9
Surry County 698 76.2 689 78.8 131 3.2 130 4.7
Elkin City 104 89.4 81 87.7 10 1.7 10 2.5
Mount Airy City 147 81.0 145 82.1 16 1.9 16 2.8
Swain County 142 69.7 136 70.6 49 5.1 49 7.4
Transylvania County 296 73.0 301 79.4 66 3.5 65 5.0
Tyrrell County 59 39.0 49 93.9 9 3.4 9 4.7
Union County 2,409 77.2 2,254 78.9 377 2.3 357 3.4
Vance County 688 49.3 621 61.4 158 4.4 145 5.8
Wake County 8,096 78.8 8,772 81.7 1,793 3.0 1,689 4.2
Warren County 255 73.3 250 70.4 60 4.3 59 6.1
Washington County 160 76.2 140 81.4 31 3.2 30 4.5
Watauga County 400 68.5 425 70.4 78 3.4 78 5.1
Wayne County 1,536 72.1 1,485 74.1 325 3.6 316 5.3
Wilkes County 777 72.7 728 74.2 214 4.6 211 6.8
Wilson County 986 54.8 873 62.0 233 4.0 210 5.5
Yadkin County 492 79.5 476 78.2 58 2.0 58 3.0
Yancey County 201 75.1 204 77.0 62 4.9 61 7.1
State Total 109,163 70.0 105,787 71.8 23,078 3.4 22,434 5.0
9-12 State Totals include Charters - (239)
7-12 State Totals include Charters - (242)
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Public School Personnel Summary
Table 16 is a summary of all full-time personnel employed as of October 1, 2008, at the school and central
office levels. The source is the Public School Full-Time Personnel Report, which categorizes personnel by
activity assign­ment,
sex, race, and source of funds. This report is the only source of data on all full-time
personnel both instruction­al
and non­instruc­tional.
Public School Personnel summaries for each LEA are presented in Part II. Activity assignment classifications
which are not self-explanatory are defined below.
Offi­cials,
Administra­tors,
and Managers — Per­sons
who set broad policies, exercise
over­all
responsibil­ity
for execu­tion
of those policies, or direct opera­tions
of the school
system—superinten­dent;
deputy, associate, and assistant su­perintendents;
school busi­ness
officials; directors and administrators of district­-
wide programs; and other profes­sional
admin­istrative
staff.
Elementary Teachers — Teachers of kindergarten through eighth grade.
Secondary Teachers — Teachers of ninth through twelfth grade.
Oth­er
T eachers — Teachers of both elemen­tary
and sec­ondary
stu­dents.
Teach­ers
who can­not
be
defined clearly as ei­ther
elementa­ry
or second­ary.
Guid­ance
Personnel — Includes counselors, student coun­selors,
and other guid­ance
person­nel.
Psychologi­cal
Personnel — Includes psy­chologists,
psychometrists, psychia­trists,
and
psychological-social work­ers.
Media Coordinators and Audio-Visual Staff — Staff members who are re­sponsible
for either
school libraries or for preparing, caring for, and making avail­able
to in­structional
programs the
equipment, materials, scripts, and other aids which assist teaching through sight and sound.
Consul­tants
and Supervi­sors
of Instruction — Staff members who provide lead­ership
and
expertise in a field of spe­cialization
for the purpose of improving the perfor­mance
of teachers and
other in­structional
staff.
Oth­er
Professional Staff — In­cludes
per­sons
who can­not
be proper­ly
included in other
profes­sional
catego­ries
such as non-classroom teachers, den­tists,
speech therapists, school
social workers, com­munity
work­ers,
atten­dance
officers, attor­neys,
ar­chitects,
engi­neers,
regis­tered
nurses, and other noninstruc­tional
staff.
Technicians — Includes com­puter
pro­grammers
and operators, film inspectors, projec­tionists,
graphic art­ists,
drafters, engineering aides, nurses (licensed, practical, or vocation­al),
dietitians,
photo­gra­phers,
radio operators, scientific as­sistants,
tech­nical
illustra­tors,
and oth­er
technicians.
Clerks/Secretaries — Includes secretaries, bookkeepers, messengers, office machine operators,
clerk-typists, stenogra­phers,
court tran­scribers,
hearing re­porters,
statis­tical
clerks, dispatchers,
license distrib­utors,
payroll clerks, and kindred work­ers.
Ser­vice
W orkers — Paraprofes­sionals
and persons in cafeteria main­tenance,
transpor­tation
pro­grams,
custo­dial
workers and members of mainte­nance
crews, security guards, etc.
Skilled W orkers/Craftsmen/women — In­cludes
me­chanics
and re­pairers,
elec­tricians,
heavy equipment operators, stationary en­gineers,
skilled ma­chine
opera­tors,
carpen­ters,
composi­tors/
typeset­ters,
and kin­dred
workers.
Laborers — Per­sons
who per­form
manual labor such as garage labor­ers,
car wash­ers
and
greasers, gardeners and groundskeepers.
North Carolina Public School Personnel
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Experience Status of School Based Instructional Personnel
The experience status of instructional personnel is collected annually on the Professional Personnel Activity
Report or the School Activity Report. These reports include all school-level professional personnel who
have student contact. The informa­tion
presented in Table 17 by LEA and state totals is a summary of the
experience status of all full-time and part-time principals, assistant principals, guidance counselors, media
coordinators, and classroom teachers.
Highest Degree Held by Classroom Teachers
The information presented in Table 18 represents the educational level of all certified classroom teachers
employed this year (full-time or part-time) at the school and central office levels. Please note that it is
the highest degree held that is reported here, not necessarily the degree upon which salary is based. The
information in this table comes from the 2008–09 teacher certification files.
Selected Characteristics of Classroom Teachers
The selected characteristics of classroom teachers in Table 19 have been compiled from the salary
certification and teacher certification files for the 2008–09 school year. The percentages and ranks that have
been computed are based upon full-time-equivalents of employment.
The percent and rankings of classroom teachers with graduate degrees include all who hold a degree higher
than a bachelor’s. The percent and rankings of classroom teachers with no prior experience include all who
are teaching this year for the first time.
Local Salary Supplements
The salary supplement information in Table 20 was compiled from the Local Salary Supplement Reports. It
provides data on the LEAs paying local supplements and the amounts paid by LEAs.
Salary supplements are monies paid from local funds to augment the salaries of persons paid on the state
salary schedule. Not every LEA pays supplements to all employees.
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TABLE 16
STATE SUMMARY OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FULL-TIME PERSONNEL, 2008–09
Source of Funds Sex Race/Ethnic Origin
State Federal Local Total Male Female White Black Other
Officials, Administrators, Managers 1,064 108 696 1,868 847 1,021 1,473 341 54
Principals 2,228 0 174 2,402 1,040 1,362 1,793 561 48
Assistant Principal, Teaching 77 0 9 86 25 61 63 22 1
Assistant Principal, Non-teaching 1,857 0 1,057 2,914 1,182 1,732 1,918 921 75
Total Administrators 5,226 108 1,936 7,270 3,094 4,176 5,247 1,845 178
Elementary Teachers 45,261 2,927 3,343 51,531 5,339 46,192 43,503 6,478 1,550
Secondary Teachers 26,326 491 2,313 29,130 10,477 18,653 23,376 4,730 1,024
Other Teachers 14,860 2,281 1,296 18,437 4,258 14,179 15,015 2,775 647
Total Teachers 86,447 5,699 6,952 99,098 20,074 79,024 81,894 13,983 3,221
Guidance 3,628 40 263 3,931 522 3,409 2,891 948 92
Psychological 668 114 46 828 127 701 719 85 24
Librarian, Audiovisual 2,299 3 213 2,515 134 2,381 2,256 206 53
Consultant, Supervisor 779 308 370 1,457 245 1,212 1,146 279 32
Other Professionals 3,255 555 2,009 5,819 927 4,892 4,273 1,318 228
Total Instructional Support 10,629 1,020 2,901 14,550 1,955 12,595 11,285 2,836 429
Total Profesionals 102,302 6,827 11,789 120,918 25,123 95,795 98,426 18,664 3,828
Teacher Assistants 22,502 4,289 3,211 30,002 2,670 27,332 19,012 9,663 1,327
Technicians 540 81 1,019 1,640 778 862 1,072 501 67
Clerical, Secretarial 6,286 778 4,089 11,153 393 10,760 8,361 2,416 376
Service Workers 11,627 485 10,841 22,953 7,369 15,584 10,705 11,120 1,128
Skilled Crafts 950 28 2,384 3,362 3,086 276 2,586 710 66
Laborers, Unskilled 586 36 477 1,099 475 624 575 451 73
Total Nonprofesionals 42,491 5,697 22,021 70,209 14,771 55,438 42,311 24,861 3,037
Total 144,793 12,524 33,810 191,127 39,894 151,233 140,737 43,525 6,865
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TABLE 17
EXPERIENCE STATUS OF SCHOOL BASED
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, 2008–09*
Taught in This
LEA Last Year
First Year Employed
in Public Education
Returning After One
or More Years Away
From Public Education
Employed in Another
LEA Last Year
Employed Out of
State Last Year
Alamance-Burlington 1,457 143 27 53 17
Alexander County 362 17 4 9 1
Alleghany County 117 12 1 6 6
Anson County 272 25 3 11 7
Ashe County 263 10 3 6 2
Avery County 177 10 1 0 0
Beaufort County 491 34 6 29 3
Bertie County 218 17 4 6 4
Bladen County 379 19 12 9 1
Brunswick County 763 38 13 33 12
Buncombe County 1,715 91 20 43 17
Asheville City 297 16 10 16 13
Burke County 1,048 47 13 25 4
Cabarrus County 1,788 120 38 85 39
Kannapolis City 327 37 5 33 14
Caldwell County 867 52 14 29 8
Camden County 137 3 1 1 0
Carteret County 640 25 10 32 10
Caswell County 217 16 9 6 6
Catawba County 1,072 50 11 43 16
Hickory City 300 22 5 17 8
Newton Conover City 198 14 1 15 1
Chatham County 519 42 10 29 18
Cherokee County 302 12 3 6 5
Edenton/Chowan 167 6 8 9 0
Clay County 96 7 0 1 2
Cleveland County 1,217 45 6 23 8
Columbus County 458 25 7 14 4
Whiteville City 172 3 2 9 5
Craven County 960 73 25 31 15
Cumberland County 3,437 413 66 104 104
Currituck County 282 11 4 8 5
Dare County 405 18 2 3 16
Davidson County 1,245 69 18 45 5
Lexington City 223 20 4 10 2
Thomasville City 179 20 2 11 2
Davie County 444 27 10 17 3
Duplin County 541 36 10 36 2
Durham Public 2,166 222 44 125 93
Edgecombe County 454 34 6 34 7
*School level full-time and part-time personnel reported on the PPAR/SAR system. Instructional personnel includes principals, assistant principals,
classroom teachers, school counselors, and media coordinators.
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TABLE 17 (continued)
EXPERIENCE STATUS OF SCHOOL BASED
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, 2008–09*
Taught in This
LEA Last Year
First Year Employed
in Public Education
Returning After One
or More Years Away
From Public Education
Employed in Another
LEA Last Year
Employed Out of
State Last Year
Forsyth County 3,673 240 46 110 50
Franklin County 562 39 6 25 16
Gaston County 2,026 116 26 60 20
Gates County 144 4 2 4 5
Graham County 83 6 1 4 1
Granville County 557 43 5 38 19
Greene County 207 17 1 13 0
Guilford County 4,982 399 75 168 75
Halifax County 281 19 8 18 8
Roanoke Rapids City 202 7 3 8 6
Weldon City 73 14 0 10 3
Harnett County 1,146 129 24 63 30
Haywood County 536 29 9 16 6
Henderson County 811 46 16 33 21
Hertford County 223 22 4 6 6
Hoke County 445 68 11 45 12
Hyde County 60 3 4 8 1
Iredell-Statesville 1,367 75 4 33 37
Mooresville City 334 10 5 27 8
Jackson County 262 16 5 10 6
Johnston County 1,974 160 35 100 41
Jones County 98 12 3 10 1
Lee County 549 45 21 39 17
Lenoir County 629 41 7 15 5
Lincoln County 839 45 10 38 8
Macon County 316 14 3 18 10
Madison County 187 13 6 7 3
Martin County 304 25 10 12 4
McDowell County 413 26 5 20 5
Mecklenburg County 7,573 670 344 211 189
Mitchell County 180 2 1 9 0
Montgomery County 314 24 1 6 2
Moore County 800 42 10 38 16
Nash-Rocky Mount 1,188 59 20 64 9
New Hanover County 1,589 62 20 42 32
Northampton County 200 25 3 10 5
Onslow County 1,448 130 25 59 58
Orange County 484 22 9 54 22
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 859 64 14 66 35
Pamlico County 118 4 6 7 5
*School level full-time and part-time personnel reported on the PPAR/SAR system. Instructional personnel includes principals, assistant principals,
classroom teachers, school counselors, and media coordinators.
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TABLE 17 (continued)
EXPERIENCE STATUS OF SCHOOL BASED
INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL, 2008–09*
Taught in This
LEA Last Year
First Year Employed
in Public Education
Returning After One
or More Years Away
From Public Education
Employed in Another
LEA Last Year
Employed Out of
State Last Year
Pasquotank County 418 35 3 10 11
Pender County 521 31 16 56 11
Perquimans County 121 12 2 8 2
Person County 329 33 5 28 12
Pitt County 1,365 128 20 122 17
Polk County 192 5 2 8 3
Randolph County 1,250 72 24 62 5
Asheboro City 276 35 5 25 8
Richmond County 546 41 6 21 2
Robeson County 1,568 85 17 45 15
Rockingham County 1,020 51 8 25 6
Rowan-Salisbury 1,476 83 22 66 24
Rutherford County 654 25 7 9 0
Sampson County 541 29 9 29 2
Clinton City 205 19 4 17 3
Scotland County 528 40 10 38 17
Stanly County 666 34 9 32 10
Stokes County 519 25 9 15 8
Surry County 627 27 4 18 2
Elkin City 93 3 2 8 0
Mount Airy City 126 2 2 6 0
Swain County 143 3 0 9 6
Transylvania County 252 18 3 8 10
Tyrrell County 55 4 2 4 2
Union County 2,589 175 38 113 96
Vance County 505 54 5 16 8
Wake County 8,915 465 120 345 294
Warren County 168 21 5 16 4
Washington County 154 11 1 3 1
Watauga County 360 5 7 14 6
Wayne County 1,306 78 20 36 19
Wilkes County 670 46 8 22 5
Wilson County 817 35 18 45 9
Yadkin County 397 25 5 18 3
Yancey County 181 12 2 2 4
State Total 93,961 6,455 1,666 3,845 1,907
*School level full-time and part-time personnel reported on the PPAR/SAR system. Instructional personnel includes principals, assistant principals,
classroom teachers, school counselors, and media coordinators.
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TABLE 18
HIGHEST DEGRE HELD BY CLASSROM TEACHERS, 2008–09
No Degre Vocational Bachelor Masters Advanced Doctorate
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Totals
Alamance-Burlington 3 0.2 18 1.2 1,217 78.5 306 19.7 4 0.3 2 0.1 1,550
Alexander County 0 0.0 5 1.4 273 78.0 69 19.7 2 0.6 1 0.3 350
Alleghany County 2 1.5 1 0.8 87 65.9 42 31.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 132
Anson County 0 0.0 7 2.4 214 74.0 67 23.2 0 0.0 1 0.3 289
Ashe County 0 0.0 8 3.1 158 61.0 92 35.5 0 0.0 1 0.4 259
Avery County 2 1.1 2 1.1 129 71.7 44 24.4 2 1.1 1 0.6 180
Beaufort County 2 0.4 8 1.5 389 73.7 127 24.1 1 0.2 1 0.2 528
Bertie County 0 0.0 5 2.4 159 76.8 43 20.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 207
Bladen County 2 0.5 6 1.6 296 78.5 70 18.6 2 0.5 1 0.3 377
Brunswick County 1 0.1 13 1.6 618 77.7 161 20.3 2 0.3 0 0.0 795
Buncombe County 0 0.0 15 0.9 1,166 69.2 485 28.8 14 0.8 5 0.3 1,685
Asheville City 1 0.3 6 1.8 221 67.0 101 30.6 1 0.3 0 0.0 330
Burke County 3 0.3 6 0.6 701 65.8 347 32.6 5 0.5 3 0.3 1,065
Cabarrus County 6 0.3 17 0.9 1,397 72.0 510 26.3 11 0.6 0 0.0 1,941
Kannapolis City 8 1.9 2 0.5 308 74.6 95 23.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 413
Caldwell County 3 0.3 13 1.4 642 71.4 237 26.4 4 0.4 0 0.0 899
Camden County 0 0.0 0 0.0 100 73.5 36 26.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 136
Carteret County 0 0.0 1 0.2 463 70.3 194 29.4 0 0.0 1 0.2 659
Caswell County 0 0.0 4 1.8 163 71.5 60 26.3 1 0.4 0 0.0 228
Catawba County 0 0.0 12 1.1 773 67.7 350 30.7 6 0.5 0 0.0 1,141
Hickory City 0 0.0 3 0.9 215 67.8 98 30.9 1 0.3 0 0.0 317
Newton-Conover 0 0.0 2 0.9 158 73.8 54 25.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 214
Chatham County 1 0.2 6 1.0 415 71.2 156 26.8 4 0.7 1 0.2 583
Cherokee County 0 0.0 2 0.7 188 66.0 89 31.2 6 2.1 0 0.0 285
Edenton/Chowan 0 0.0 2 1.1 131 74.4 42 23.9 0 0.0 1 0.6 176
Clay County 0 0.0 4 3.8 68 64.8 30 28.6 3 2.9 0 0.0 105
Cleveland County 4 0.3 14 1.2 791 66.1 378 31.6 9 0.8 1 0.1 1,197
Columbus County 1 0.2 12 2.6 332 72.6 111 24.3 0 0.0 1 0.2 457
Whiteville City 0 0.0 3 1.8 123 74.5 37 22.4 1 0.6 1 0.6 165
Craven County 1 0.1 6 0.6 756 75.2 239 23.8 3 0.3 0 0.0 1,005
Cumberland County 11 0.3 42 1.1 2,954 77.8 774 20.4 11 0.3 5 0.1 3,797
Currituck County 1 0.4 2 0.7 192 70.6 74 27.2 3 1.1 0 0.0 272
Dare County 4 1.0 4 1.0 256 64.0 133 33.3 2 0.5 1 0.3 400
Davidson County 0 0.0 14 1.1 989 76.7 281 21.8 4 0.3 1 0.1 1,289
Lexington City 0 0.0 2 0.9 188 82.1 38 16.6 1 0.4 0 0.0 229
Thomasville City 2 1.1 4 2.2 151 82.5 26 14.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 183
Davie County 3 0.7 5 1.1 336 73.4 111 24.2 3 0.7 0 0.0 458
Duplin County 3 0.5 13 2.0 497 77.4 124 19.3 2 0.3 3 0.5 642
Durham County 2 0.1 14 0.6 1,679 68.8 730 29.9 8 0.3 8 0.3 2,441
Edgecombe County 1 0.2 6 1.3 379 81.0 81 17.3 1 0.2 0 0.0 468
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TABLE 18 (continued)
HIGHEST DEGRE HELD BY CLASSROM TEACHERS, 2008–09
No Degre Vocational Bachelor Masters Advanced Doctorate
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Totals
Forsyth County 2 0.0 24 0.6 2,694 67.1 1,268 31.6 16 0.4 11 0.3 4,015
Franklin County 1 0.2 7 1.2 479 82.7 90 15.5 0 0.0 2 0.3 579
Gaston County 4 0.2 25 1.2 1,580 78.6 391 19.5 9 0.4 1 0.0 2,010
Gates County 1 0.6 2 1.3 116 75.3 34 22.1 1 0.6 0 0.0 154
Graham County 1 1.1 2 2.2 67 72.8 21 22.8 1 1.1 0 0.0 92
Granville County 1 0.2 8 1.4 447 75.9 129 21.9 0 0.0 4 0.7 589
Greene County 0 0.0 4 1.7 177 76.3 50 21.6 0 0.0 1 0.4 232
Guilford County 8 0.2 51 1.0 3,762 74.0 1,231 24.2 21 0.4 10 0.2 5,083
Halifax County 2 0.6 7 2.3 240 77.9 56 18.2 3 1.0 0 0.0 308
Roanoke Rapids City 1 0.5 2 1.0 147 73.5 49 24.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 200
Weldon City 1 1.1 0 0.0 72 80.0 16 17.8 1 1.1 0 0.0 90
Harnett County 5 0.4 20 1.5 995 75.9 287 21.9 2 0.2 2 0.2 1,311
Haywood County 0 0.0 8 1.4 413 72.1 146 25.5 3 0.5 3 0.5 573
Henderson County 1 0.1 9 1.0 634 68.5 275 29.7 5 0.5 1 0.1 925
Hertford County 3 1.2 4 1.7 193 80.1 38 15.8 3 1.2 0 0.0 241
Hoke County 6 1.1 7 1.3 456 84.3 69 12.8 2 0.4 1 0.2 541
Hyde County 1 1.4 1 1.4 57 77.0 15 20.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 74
Iredell-Statesville 1 0.1 17 1.2 1,011 73.9 337 24.6 2 0.1 0 0.0 1,368
Mooresville City 0 0.0 6 1.7 237 65.8 114 31.7 2 0.6 1 0.3 360
Jackson County 0 0.0 1 0.4 186 71.5 68 26.2 4 1.5 1 0.4 260
Johnston County 6 0.3 24 1.1 1,698 76.5 480 21.6 9 0.4 4 0.2 2,221
Jones County 0 0.0 4 3.6 86 77.5 20 18.0 1 0.9 0 0.0 111
Lee County 0 0.0 6 0.9 477 75.1 146 23.0 3 0.5 3 0.5 635
Lenoir County 0 0.0 10 1.6 492 78.1 124 19.7 4 0.6 0 0.0 630
Lincoln County 1 0.1 7 0.8 593 72.0 221 26.8 1 0.1 1 0.1 824
Macon County 0 0.0 3 0.9 243 75.7 73 22.7 2 0.6 0 0.0 321
Madison County 0 0.0 5 2.5 150 76.1 41 20.8 1 0.5 0 0.0 197
Martin County 0 0.0 3 1.0 242 77.1 67 21.3 2 0.6 0 0.0 314
McDowell County 0 0.0 10 2.1 324 69.5 129 27.7 1 0.2 2 0.4 466
Mecklenburg County 18 0.2 65 0.7 6,265 68.8 2,691 29.6 44 0.5 17 0.2 9,100
Mitchell County 0 0.0 1 0.6 125 75.3 36 21.7 4 2.4 0 0.0 166
Montgomery County 0 0.0 8 2.5 238 74.1 70 21.8 4 1.2 1 0.3 321
Moore County 1 0.1 14 1.7 553 67.4 248 30.2 4 0.5 0 0.0 820
Nash-Rocky Mount 2 0.2 18 1.6 907 78.4 223 19.3 5 0.4 2 0.2 1,157
New Hanover County 1 0.1 11 0.7 1,187 74.3 392 24.5 5 0.3 1 0.1 1,597
Northampton County 2 1.0 6 2.9 163 79.9 31 15.2 2 1.0 0 0.0 204
Onslow County 0 0.0 21 1.4 1,197 78.5 302 19.8 1 0.1 4 0.3 1,525
Orange County 0 0.0 0 0.0 336 63.8 186 35.3 4 0.8 1 0.2 527
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 1 0.1 2 0.2 551 57.3 396 41.2 4 0.4 8 0.8 962
Pamlico County 2 1.6 2 1.6 99 77.3 25 19.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 128
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TABLE 18 (continued)
HIGHEST DEGRE HELD BY CLASSROM TEACHERS, 2008–09
No Degre Vocational Bachelor Masters Advanced Doctorate
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Totals
Pasquotank County 4 0.9 4 0.9 345 75.0 101 22.0 5 1.1 1 0.2 460
Pender County 0 0.0 9 1.6 438 78.2 111 19.8 0 0.0 2 0.4 560
Perquimans County 0 0.0 1 0.8 98 74.2 33 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 132
Person County 3 0.8 9 2.3 276 72.1 95 24.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 383
Pitt County 3 0.2 26 1.6 1,191 72.0 425 25.7 5 0.3 5 0.3 1,655
Polk County 0 0.0 2 1.0 113 56.8 79 39.7 4 2.0 1 0.5 199
Randolph County 1 0.1 23 1.8 999 79.2 234 18.5 4 0.3 1 0.1 1,262
Asheboro City 7 2.1 2 0.6 243 72.5 83 24.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 335
Richmond County 7 1.3 13 2.4 428 77.4 103 18.6 2 0.4 0 0.0 553
Robeson County 8 0.5 27 1.7 1,143 73.6 370 23.8 3 0.2 2 0.1 1,553
Rockingham County 0 0.0 12 1.2 694 69.5 290 29.0 2 0.2 1 0.1 999
Rowan-Salisbury 5 0.3 17 1.2 1,120 77.4 301 20.8 2 0.1 2 0.1 1,447
Rutherford County 0 0.0 7 1.1 408 64.5 214 33.8 2 0.3 2 0.3 633
Sampson County 1 0.2 3 0.5 442 78.1 118 20.8 1 0.2 1 0.2 566
Clinton City 1 0.5 1 0.5 176 79.6 43 19.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 221
Scotland County 0 0.0 5 0.9 411 75.7 127 23.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 543
Stanly County 0 0.0 15 2.1 538 76.2 151 21.4 2 0.3 0 0.0 706
Stokes County 0 0.0 8 1.6 386 77.5 100 20.1 4 0.8 0 0.0 498
Surry County 0 0.0 11 1.8 426 70.2 165 27.2 4 0.7 1 0.2 607
Elkin City 1 1.0 1 1.0 69 69.7 26 26.3 2 2.0 0 0.0 99
Mount Airy City 0 0.0 2 1.6 89 69.5 37 28.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 128
Swain County 0 0.0 2 1.4 107 72.3 37 25.0 1 0.7 1 0.7 148
Transylvania County 3 1.1 4 1.4 199 70.3 73 25.8 3 1.1 1 0.4 283
Tyrrell County 2 3.6 1 1.8 37 67.3 15 27.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 55
Union County 7 0.3 20 0.8 1,855 71.1 711 27.3 12 0.5 3 0.1 2,608
Vance County 1 0.2 5 0.9 446 80.7 101 18.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 553
Wake County 12 0.1 23 0.2 6,579 68.7 2,897 30.2 37 0.4 29 0.3 9,577
Warren County 1 0.5 2 1.1 142 74.7 42 22.1 3 1.6 0 0.0 190
Washington County 2 1.2 6 3.6 123 73.7 36 21.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 167
Watauga County 0 0.0 4 1.1 213 57.7 142 38.5 10 2.7 0 0.0 369
Wayne County 2 0.1 22 1.6 1,067 79.0 254 18.8 4 0.3 2 0.1 1,351
Wilkes County 1 0.2 5 0.8 494 74.5 160 24.1 2 0.3 1 0.2 663
Wilson County 1 0.1 7 0.9 667 81.5 138 16.9 3 0.4 2 0.2 818
Yadkin County 2 0.5 8 2.0 284 69.6 111 27.2 2 0.5 1 0.2 408
Yancey County 0 0.0 3 1.7 147 82.6 28 15.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 178
State Total 215 0.2 1,044 1.0 72,554 72.6 25,578 25.6 413 0.4 181 0.2 99,985
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TABLE 19
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSROM TEACHERS*, 2008–09
Clasrom Teachers With
a Graduate Certificate
Clasrom Teachers With No
Prior Teaching Experience
Percent Rank** Percent Rank**
Alamance-Burlington 20.1 92 6.6 84
Alexander County 20.6 87 4.0 34
Alleghany County 31.8 13 5.3 61
Anson County 23.5 66 8.3 105
Ashe County 35.9 5 3.9 29
Avery County 26.1 45 4.4 41
Beaufort County 24.4 57 6.1 74
Bertie County 20.8 85 8.2 100
Bladen County 19.4 99 5.0 56
Brunswick County 20.5 88 4.2 36
Buncombe County 29.9 23 3.1 11
Asheville City 30.9 17 2.4 6
Burke County 33.3 8 3.1 11
Cabarrus County 26.8 38 5.4 62
Kannapolis City 23.0 71 8.2 90
Caldwell County 26.8 38 4.3 38
Camden County 26.5 41 1.5 1
Carteret County 29.6 24 3.3 15
Caswell County 26.8 38 7.9 98
Catawba County 31.2 15 3.3 15
Hickory City 31.2 15 5.7 70
Newton-Conover 25.2 46 4.2 36
Chatham County 27.6 34 7.2 91
Cherokee County 33.3 8 3.5 22
Edenton/Chowan 24.4 57 2.8 9
Clay County 31.4 14 3.8 27
Cleveland County 32.4 11 3.2 14
Columbus County 24.5 56 5.5 68
Whiteville City 23.6 65 1.8 2
Craven County 24.1 59 6.2 77
Cumberland County 20.8 85 8.8 107
Currituck County 28.3 28 1.8 3
Dare County 34.0 7 4.5 42
Davidson County 22.2 74 4.3 38
Lexington City 17.0 109 5.7 70
Thomasville City 14.2 114 8.2 100
Davie County 24.9 49 4.6 46
Duplin County 20.1 92 5.0 56
Durham County 30.6 20 8.2 100
Edgecombe County 17.5 107 6.8 87
* Includes only Classroom Teachers
** Classroom teachers with a graduate certificate are ranked in descending order; classroom teachers with no prior experience are ranked in
ascending order.
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TABLE 19 (continued)
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSROM TEACHERS*, 2008–09
Clasrom Teachers With
a Graduate Certificate
Clasrom Teachers With No
Prior Teaching Experience
Percent Rank** Percent Rank**
Forsyth County 32.3 12 4.5 42
Franklin County 15.9 112 6.6 84
Gaston County 20.0 95 4.8 54
Gates County 22.7 72 2.6 8
Graham County 23.9 62 5.4 62
Granville County 22.6 73 6.1 74
Greene County 22.0 77 4.3 38
Guilford County 24.8 51 6.2 77
Halifax County 19.2 100 7.8 96
Roanoke Rapids City 25.0 47 3.5 22
Weldon City 18.9 103 12.2 113
Harnett County 22.2 74 9.4 109
Haywood County 26.5 41 3.8 27
Henderson County 30.4 21 3.9 29
Hertford County 17.0 109 8.3 105
Hoke County 13.3 115 12.6 115
Hyde County 20.3 89 6.8 87
Iredell-Statesville 24.8 51 4.7 50
Mooresville City 32.5 10 1.9 4
Jackson County 28.1 30 6.2 77
Johnston County 22.2 74 7.2 91
Jones County 18.9 103 8.1 100
Lee County 23.9 62 7.1 90
Lenoir County 20.3 89 6.2 77
Lincoln County 27.1 37 5.0 56
Macon County 23.4 67 3.4 19
Madison County 21.3 81 4.6 46
Martin County 22.0 77 5.7 70
McDowell County 28.3 27 3.9 29
Mecklenburg County 30.2 22 7.9 98
Mitchell County 24.1 59 3.6 25
Montgomery County 23.4 67 7.2 91
Moore County 30.7 19 3.7 26
Nash-Rocky Mount 19.9 96 4.7 50
New Hanover County 24.9 49 3.3 15
Northampton County 16.2 111 12.3 114
Onslow County 20.1 92 7.4 94
Orange County 36.2 4 3.4 19
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 42.4 1 6.4 82
Pamlico County 19.5 97 4.7 50
* Includes only Classroom Teachers
** Classroom teachers with a graduate certificate are ranked in descending order; classroom teachers with no prior experience are ranked in
ascending order.
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TABLE 19 (continued)
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF CLASSROM TEACHERS*, 2008–09
Clasrom Teachers With
a Graduate Certificate
Clasrom Teachers With No
Prior Teaching Experience
Percent Rank** Percent Rank**
Pasquotank County 23.3 70 6.7 86
Pender County 20.2 91 4.1 35
Perquimans County 25.0 47 6.8 87
Person County 24.8 51 7.8 96
Pitt County 26.3 44 6.1 74
Polk County 42.2 2 2.5 7
Randolph County 18.9 103 4.5 42
Asheboro City 24.8 51 10.1 111
Richmond County 19.0 102 5.4 62
Robeson County 24.1 59 6.2 77
Rockingham County 29.3 25 4.5 42
Rowan-Salisbury 21.1 83 5.4 62
Rutherford County 34.4 6 3.0 10
Sampson County 21.2 82 4.9 55
Clinton City 19.5 97 7.7 95
Scotland County 23.4 67 5.7 70
Stanly County 21.7 79 3.3 15
Stokes County 20.9 84 4.6 46
Surry County 28.0 31 4.6 46
Elkin City 28.3 28 5.1 60
Mount Airy City 28.9 26 3.1 11
Swain County 26.4 43 3.4 19
Transylvania County 27.2 36 3.5 22
Tyrrell County 27.3 35 10.9 112
Union County 27.8 33 6.4 82
Vance County 18.3 106 9.2 108
Wake County 30.9 17 5.0 56
Warren County 23.7 64 9.5 110
Washington County 21.6 80 5.4 62
Watauga County 41.2 3 1.9 4
Wayne County 19.2 100 5.4 62
Wilkes County 24.6 55 4.7 50
Wilson County 17.5 107 5.6 69
Yadkin County 27.9 32 3.9 29
Yancey County 15.7 113 3.9 29
* Includes only Classroom Teachers
** Classroom teachers with a graduate certificate are ranked in descending order; classroom teachers with no prior experience are ranked in
ascending order.
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TABLE 20
SELECTED STATISTICS OF LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENTS 2008–09
Teacher Principal Assistant Principals
LEA Name
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
Alamance-Burlington 1,796 1,794 3,173 35 35 9,266 57 57 3,614
Alexander County 400 397 2,541 10 10 6,809 9 8 5,378
Alleghany County 156 156 204 4 4 3,773 3 3 1,700
Anson County 337 337 804 11 11 2,658 4 4 1,622
Ashe County 262 262 300 5 5 1,800 8 8 500
Avery County 176 176 1,234 8 8 10,914 4 4 1,377
Beaufort County 570 570 1,458 14 14 4,179 14 14 1,650
Bertie County 198 198 1,189 9 9 2,600 10 10 1,143
Bladen County 398 398 1,593 14 14 4,032 12 11 1,720
Brunswick County 876 876 2,442 17 17 6,576 28 28 3,350
Buncombe County 1,882 1,882 3,898 40 40 15,424 55 55 8,539
Asheville City 389 389 4,003 9 9 7,028 12 12 4,881
Burke County 1,189 1,189 1,888 30 30 5,574 26 26 3,388
Cabarrus County 2,128 2,128 2,165 33 33 7,939 66 66 3,303
Kannapolis City 414 414 1,797 8 8 5,386 7 7 3,031
Caldwell County 908 908 1,528 26 26 6,340 17 17 6,181
Camden County 148 148 1,489 5 5 4,829 5 5 1,600
Carteret County 736 736 2,421 17 14 10,788 15 15 4,001
Caswell County 254 254 760 6 1 2,400 5
Catawba County 1,244 1,244 3,024 28 28 12,928 33 33 4,356
Hickory City 349 349 2,963 9 9 12,487 11 11 4,002
Newton-Conover City 232 232 2,804 7 7 7,223 6 6 5,178
Chatham County 639 639 3,979 15 15 4,000 13 13 4,000
Cherokee County 302 14 6
Edenton/Chowan 192 192 1,374 4 4 6,375 6 6 1,711
Clay County 170 3 1
Cleveland County 1,343 1,343 1,349 29 29 9,934 44 44 4,265
Columbus County 467 465 1,457 19 19 2,458 10 10 1,563
Whiteville City 188 185 2,237 4 4 9,972 5 5 2,377
Craven County 1,098 1,098 2,000 24 24 12,103 36 36 5,117
Cumberland County 3,566 3,566 3,758 86 86 8,204 125 125 4,922
Currituck County 310 310 3,341 8 8 11,597 8 8 4,671
Dare County 433 433 4,193 11 16
Davidson County 1,419 1,386 2,570 32 32 5,686 37 37 2,869
Lexington City 253 253 3,830 6 6 6,545 7 7 4,903
Thomasville City 213 213 2,232 4 4 9,500 8 8 5,028
Davie County 532 532 2,331 12 12 7,339 13 13 3,244
Duplin County 678 678 3,240 16 16 6,500 16 16 3,050
Durham 2,680 2,680 5,294 52 52 24,522 75 75 8,018
Edgecombe County 551 551 1,668 15 15 7,540 15 15 3,477
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TABLE 20 (continued)
SELECTED STATISTICS OF LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENTS 2008–09
Teacher Principal Assistant Principals
LEA Name
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
Forsyth County 4,360 4,234 4,658 78 78 20,126 118 118 10,058
Franklin County 600 600 2,700 15 14 4,557 20 20 3,018
Gaston County 1,986 1,967 2,107 53 53 5,977 71 71 3,234
Gates County 182 182 550 5 5 3,685 2 2 800
Graham County 98 - - 3 3 1,417 2 2 875
Granville County 591 591 3,057 19 19 10,364 8 8 9,344
Greene County 232 232 1,400 5 5 3,120 8 8 1,400
Guilford County 5,830 5,830 4,994 120 120 20,306 124 124 10,727
Halifax County 310 - - 14 14 2,714 9 9 1,200
Roanoke Rapids City 222 222 1,764 4 4 8,846 6 6 2,039
Weldon City 96 96 591 4 4 2,407 2 2 1,265
Harnett County 1,305 1,305 2,268 - 26 5,169 39 39 2,841
Haywood County 638 636 1,853 16 16 3,030 10 10 2,355
Henderson County 985 985 2,465 22 22 4,022 15 15 3,172
Hertford County 264 264 1,255 7 7 1,998 9 9 1,818
Hoke County 523 523 2,275 13 12 3,803 16 16 2,941
Hyde County 81 1 595 3 - - 1 - -
Iredell-Statesville 1,376 1,376 3,816 35 35 8,032 32 32 3,207
Mooresville City 400 400 3,103 7 7 7,282 13 13 5,219
Jackson County 268 268 1,014 9 4 2,374 8 - -
Johnston County 2,216 2,216 3,527 42 42 10,352 66 66 5,865
Jones County 112 112 2,000 6 6 4,967 3 3 3,933
Lee County 708 708 3,059 15 15 7,350 24 24 4,480
Lenoir County 698 698 2,218 19 19 6,079 13 13 3,723
Lincoln County 886 886 2,653 24 24 7,269 29 29 4,568
Macon County 318 318 849 11 11 1,474 8 8 1,042
Madison County 207 207 264 7 7 250 5 5 250
Martin County 355 355 1,200 12 12 4,861 9 9 2,193
McDowell County 382 382 925 12 11 2,273 8 8 1,081
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 9,992 9,992 5,827 166 166 24,774 267 267 12,932
Mitchell County 168 168 100 8 8 725 3 3 933
Montgomery County 341 341 1,399 10 10 9,273 6 6 2,000
Moore County 813 813 3,756 22 22 7,873 25 25 4,507
Nash-Rocky Mount 1,086 1,086 2,587 27 27 12,242 37 37 4,919
New Hanover County 1,637 1,637 3,941 36 36 7,274 52 52 5,147
Northampton County 215 215 948 11 11 4,066 6 6 2,542
Onslow County 1,564 1,564 4,008 34 34 9,979 40 40 4,842
Orange County 517 517 5,630 13 13 15,231 16 16 6,810
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 1,099 1,099 6,650 18 18 24,575 23 23 10,700
Pamlico County 149 149 1,500 4 4 6,125 5 5 2,750
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TABLE 20 (continued)
SELECTED STATISTICS OF LOCAL SALARY SUPPLEMENTS 2008–09
Teacher Principal Assistant Principals
LEA Name
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
No. of
Pos
No. Rec.
Supplmt.
Average
Supplmt.
Pasquotank County 515 515 2,039 12 12 7,803 10 10 2,166
Pender County 575 575 2,308 16 12 2,979 15 15 2,572
Perquimans County 126 124 776 4 4 4,998 3 3 1,067
Person County 446 446 3,314 10 10 7,975 10 10 5,362
Pitt County 1,810 1,810 2,099 33 33 7,781 45 45 3,387
Polk County 211 211 2,232 7 7 8,407 4 4 5,874
Randolph County 1,418 1,398 2,130 32 31 11,974 29 26 7,450
Asheboro City 368 352 2,624 8 8 11,687 9 9 4,834
Richmond County 680 680 1,123 19 19 4,242 17 17 1,931
Robeson County 1,586 1,586 1,984 44 44 5,031 36 36 3,577
Rockingham County 1,136 1,136 2,161 26 26 5,630 26 26 3,628
Rowan-Salisbury 1,575 1,575 2,138 35 34 6,353 57 57 3,551
Rutherford County 768 768 900 19 19 9,764 20 20 2,432
Sampson County 727 727 2,500 17 17 2,500 13 13 2,500
Clinton City 238 238 4,294 5 5 8,281 8 8 5,999
Scotland County 631 631 2,052 22 22 17,575 10 10 2,222
Stanly County 764 764 1,851 24 24 5,153 13 13 2,325
Stokes County 571 571 1,683 18 18 5,418 11 11 3,988
Surry County 600 600 1,200 17 17 3,330 20 20 1,996
Elkin City 97 97 2,072 3 3 7,866 2 2 3,703
Mount Airy City 142 142 1,499 4 4 5,180 4 4 2,405
Swain County 147 6 3,167 4 1 5,000 2 1 1,500
Transylvania County 307 307 3,212 9 9 5,272 5 5 3,830
Tyrrell County 52 52 990 3 3 2,667 3 3 833
Union County 2,929 2,929 2,785 52 52 6,021 88 88 4,026
Vance County 604 604 2,500 16 16 9,162 24 24 3,429
Wake County 9,208 9,208 6,049 156 156 26,242 275 275 12,334
Warren County 213 213 1,931 8 8 3,313 4 4 2,400
Washington County 186 186 460 5 5 600 5 5 480
Watauga County 397 397 2,355 9 9 6,827 7 7 2,750
Wayne County 1,495 1,495 2,774 33 33 3,694 32 32 3,694
Wilkes County 799 799 2,224 22 22 4,891 11 11 2,178
Wilson County 875 875 2,844 23 23 9,252 23 23 7,827
Yadkin County 451 451 2,009 12 12 3,260 14 14 2,451
Yancey County 176 176 334 9 9 1,846 6 6 175
STATE TOTAL 106,709 105,380 3,483 2,364 2,334 11,317 2,867 2,824 6,333
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This section is designed to provide information about the financing of public education. Since the fiscal and
school years do not coincide, the data in this section are one or more years behind the data found in other
sections of this publication. Data obtained from external sources, such as the disposable income by counties,
may lag two years behind.
The total expenditures for a school year are grouped into two major categories:
• current expense expenditures are all expenditures connected with the daily operation of the more
than two thousand schools of the state.
• capital expense expenditures consist of all disbursements made for the con­struc­tion
of new
buildings and grounds, reconstruction or repair of old buildings, and the acquisition of equip­ment
with a lifetime greater than a year.
The amount of capital expense expenditures fluctuates considerably from year to year. The current expense
expenditures on the other hand, being closely tied to the number of students, are more stable. All derived
statis­tics
are computed for current expense expendi­tures
only. This is especially true for statistics that can be
meaningfully compared over several years.
The Annual Financial Report System contains the current expense expenditures obtained from financial
records submitted during the year, and electronic records obtained from the LEA files at the close of
each fiscal year. Although the contents of the latter transmission are not audited, they are an accurate
accounting of revenues and expendi­tures
by each LEA for the preceding fiscal year. By legisla­tive
mandate,
long-term debts of school systems (debt service) are a part of the county budget and controlled by the
commis­sioners
of the 100 counties and, therefore, not reported on the Annual Financial Report System. The
report contains all current expenditures for public kindergartens, elementary and secondary schools, and
special schools for exceptional children. However, expenditures for the Governor Morehead School for the
Blind, the North Carolina Schools for the Deaf, the Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune military base schools, and
the Cherokee Indian reservation schools are not included.
One derived statistic, per pupil expenditure, is of special interest since it is quoted and compared most often.
In the tables of this section, it is computed only for current expense expenditures (excluding community
services, Head Start, adult education, and inter/intra fund transfers) by using final average daily membership
(ADM). Other publica­tions,
especially those from national sources, use average daily attendance (ADA) in
computing this statistic. Since average daily membership is greater than average daily attendance, the latter
method yields a higher figure for the per pupil expenditures. The average daily attendance figures in other
sections of the Profile can be used to convert per pupil expenditure figures contained in this section to ones
based on average daily attendance.
The expenditure data contained in this section have three distinct funding sources. The first two, state and
federal, are the amounts spent for education from the budgets of state and federal governments respectively.
The local expenditures, on the other hand, are not synonymous with the amounts expended by local county
governments. All expenditures not funded by the state or the federal governments are regarded as local
expenditures. As such, they include all funds supplied from local governments and other local sources.
Financial Information
43
There are two tables in this section that list the per pupil expenditures for each school system. One includes
all current expense expenditures while the other excludes all expendi­tures
connected with child nutrition
activities. The need for two separate tables emerged from our definition of local expenditures. Since the
expenditures students make in purchas­ing
their lunches are not funded by the state or federal governments,
they are regarded as part of the local expenditures. In some contexts, however, there is a need to bring the
local expenditures as close to the amounts spent by local govern­ments
as possible. The second per pupil
expenditure table is designed to respond to that need. Current expense expenditures are given by source of
funds and on a per pupil basis for each LEA in Part II of this publication.
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TABLE 21
PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME BY COUNTY, 2007
County Income Rank County Income Rank
Alamance-Burlington 29,575 38 Jones County 28,860 45
Alexander County 28,349 50 Lee County 30,052 35
Alleghany County 25,905 77 Lenoir County 29,600 37
Anson County 26,196 73 Lincoln County 30,450 33
Ashe County 25,962 75 Macon County 24,447 91
Avery County 24,656 88 Madison County 28,443 48
Beaufort County 29,175 43 Martin County 25,008 85
Bertie County 25,656 80 McDowell County 27,786 53
Bladen County 26,033 74 Mecklenburg County 45,483 1
Brunswick County 29,379 40 Mitchell County 23,710 95
Buncombe County 33,347 18 Montgomery County 26,270 72
Burke County 27,595 58 Moore County 37,800 6
Cabarrus County 34,099 16 Nash County 31,374 26
Caldwell County 27,240 62 New Hanover County 35,461 12
Camden County 30,377 34 Northampton County 28,389 49
Carteret County 34,241 15 Onslow County 35,222 13
Caswell County 25,917 76 Orange County 43,844 2
Catawba County 31,051 28 Pamlico County 32,036 22
Chatham County 41,901 3 Pasquotank County 25,822 78
Cherokee County 23,116 97 Pender County 26,669 67
Chowan County 29,610 36 Perquimans County 28,122 52
Clay County 24,519 89 Person County 27,706 55
Cleveland County 28,151 51 Pitt County 30,984 29
Columbus County 27,592 59 Polk County 38,715 5
Craven County 33,242 19 Randolph County 27,160 63
Cumberland County 36,548 10 Richmond County 25,574 81
Currituck County 32,346 20 Robeson County 22,943 98
Dare County 35,490 11 Rockingham County 27,550 60
Davidson County 29,332 42 Rowan County 29,407 39
Davie County 34,594 14 Rutherford County 26,702 66
Duplin County 25,214 83 Sampson County 26,553 70
Durham County 37,308 8 Scotland County 24,326 92
Edgecombe County 26,605 69 Stanly County 28,803 46
Forsyth County 37,600 7 Stokes County 27,141 64
Franklin County 27,685 56 Surry County 28,497 47
Gaston County 31,585 25 Swain County 24,500 90
Gates County 24,302 93 Transylvania County 31,837 23
Graham County 25,487 82 Tyrrell County 24,714 87
Granville County 25,763 79 Union County 32,086 21
Greene County 23,442 96 Vance County 26,730 65
Guilford County 37,013 9 Wake County 41,714 4
Halifax County 25,153 84 Warren County 21,770 100
Harnett County 26,612 68 Washington County 26,323 71
Haywood County 29,356 41 Watauga County 30,568 32
Henderson County 33,500 17 Wayne County 28,974 44
Hertford County 24,923 86 Wilkes County 30,659 31
Hoke County 24,050 94 Wilson County 30,833 30
Hyde County 27,312 61 Yadkin County 27,611 57
Iredell County 31,715 24 Yancey County 22,797 99
Jackson County 27,762 54
North Carolina 35,959
Johnston County 31,238 27
* The per capita income figures are calculated and periodically revised by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce,
using the estimates of the civilian population and personal income. The income figure represents income received from all sources and
is measured before deduction of income and other personal taxes but after deductions for social security, government retirement, and
other social insurance. It can include wages, proprietor income, rental income, dividends, interest, and government and business transfer
payments. Other non-money transfers are included such as food stamps, health benefits, and subsidized housing or other non-money
income. The total personal income for the county is divided by the estimated population of the county to produce per capita income.
Source: Survey of Current Business, April 2009. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of Economic Analysis
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TABLE 22
NORT H CAROLINA CURRENT EXPENSE EXPENDITURES
BY SOURCE OF FUNDS, 2007–08
Child Nutrition INCLUDED
AMOUNTS EXPENDED BY SOURCE
State Federal Local TOTAL
Salaries 5,840,459,092 620,257,743 1,487,038,716 7,947,755,551
Employee Benefits 1,422,293,088 162,722,374 365,413,013 1,950,428,475
Purchased Services 193,362,240 130,303,882 657,031,655 980,697,777
Supplies & Materials 386,142,744 237,199,973 388,079,660 1,011,422,377
Instructional Equipment 48,007,724 16,312,850 17,941,036 82,261,610
TOTAL 7,890,264,888 1,166,796,822 2,915,504,080 11,972,565,790
Percent Of Total 65.9 9.7 24.4 100.0
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES
State Federal Local TOTAL % of Total
Salaries 4,157.04 441.48 1,058.42 5,656.94 66.4
Employee Benefits 1,012.34 115.82 260.09 1,388.25 16.3
Purchased Services 137.63 92.75 467.65 698.03 8.2
Supplies & Materials 274.84 168.83 276.22 719.89 8.4
Instructional Equipment 34.17 11.61 12.77 58.55 0.7
TOTAL 5,616.02 830.49 2,075.15 8,521.66 100.0
* Per pupil expenditures were computed using the 2007-08 state total final average daily membership of 1,404,957.
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TABLE 23
COMPARISON OF PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES
CURRENT EXPENSE EXPENDITURES ONLY
CHILD NUTRITION INCLUDED
Per Pupil Expenditures, By Source Per Pupil Expenditures, By Source
State Federal Local Total State Federal Local
1996-1997 3,554.21 390.62 1,206.87 5,151.70 69.0 7.6 23.4
1997-1998 3,795.61 422.63 1,273.32 5,491.56 69.1 7.7 23.2
1998-1999 4,086.62 445.91 1,366.56 5,899.09 69.3 7.6 23.2
1999-2000 4,323.79 482.31 1,474.20 6,280.30 68.8 7.7 23.5
2000-2001 4,532.99 514.57 1,606.54 6,654.10 68.1 7.7 24.1
2001-2002 4,472.46 578.45 1,645.14 6,696.05 66.8 8.6 24.6
2002-2003 4,458.51 644.98 1,637.90 6,741.39 66.1 9.6 24.3
2003-2004 4,563.11 726.08 1,716.94 7,006.13 65.1 10.4 24.5
2004-2005 4,726.64 789.30 1,811.66 7,327.60 64.5 10.8 24.7
2005-2006 4,903.60 819.41 1,873.14 7,596.15 64.6 10.8 24.7
2006-2007 5,273.88 809.49 1,934.05 8,017.42 65.8 10.1 24.1
2007-2008 5,616.02 830.49 2,075.15 8,521.66 65.9 9.7 24.4
Per Pupil Expenditures, By Source Per Pupil Expenditures, By Source
CHILD NUTRITION EXCLUDED State Federal Local Total State Federal Local
1996-1997 3,546.78 231.90 1,041.36 4,820.04 73.6 4.8 21.6
1997-1998 3,788.29 255.39 1,106.69 5,150.37 73.6 5.0 21.5
1998-1999 4,079.46 271.26 1,204.05 5,554.77 73.4 4.9 21.7
1999-2000 4,317.07 309.49 1,304.09 5,930.65 72.8 5.2 22.0
2000-2001 4,526.52 330.27 1,427.46 6,284.25 72.0 5.3 22.7
2001-2002 4,467.02 377.89 1,464.09 6,309.00 70.8 6.0 23.2
2002-2003 4,454.98 439.57 1,468.61 6,363.16 70.0 6.9 23.1
2003-2004 4,559.86 510.53 1,544.92 6,615.31 68.9 7.7 23.4
2004-2005 4,723.58 562.33 1,635.61 6,921.52 68.2 8.1 23.6
2005-2006 4,900.47 578.68 1,692.89 7,172.04 68.3 8.1 23.6
2006-2007 5,270.71 561.71 1,750.05 7,582.47 69.5 7.4 23.1
2007-2008 5,612.47 572.90 1,860.12 8,045.49 69.8 7.1 23.1
Note: Per pupil expenditures are calculated by using Final Average Daily Membership
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TABLE 24
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition INCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Alamance-Burlington 5,294.00 105 664.02 97 1,700.35 62 7,658.37 109
Alexander County 5,561.32 86 673.32 96 1,411.70 92 7,646.34 110
Alleghany County 7,364.12 14 980.37 52 2,326.03 22 10,670.52 12
Anson County 7,035.78 25 1,434.35 15 1,454.79 89 9,924.92 25
Ashe County 6,744.40 29 1,142.76 32 1,607.98 71 9,495.14 34
Avery County 7,155.73 22 1,101.99 36 2,225.91 25 10,483.63 16
Beaufort County 6,041.39 48 1,179.38 29 1,834.13 48 9,054.90 53
Bertie County 7,278.61 18 1,682.19 7 1,543.63 82 10,504.43 15
Bladen County 6,375.73 37 1,632.46 8 1,199.87 108 9,208.06 46
Brunswick County 5,677.63 74 792.58 80 2,504.04 16 8,974.25 56
Buncombe County 5,526.20 89 728.61 91 2,176.71 28 8,431.52 73
Asheville City 5,938.66 58 1,344.67 21 4,926.06 1 12,209.39 3
Burke County 5,689.78 72 960.54 53 1,603.50 72 8,253.82 83
Cabarrus County 5,076.75 114 554.25 105 1,981.22 38 7,612.22 112
Kannapolis City 5,470.55 92 1,273.38 23 1,909.97 43 8,653.90 68
Caldwell County 5,725.13 70 831.40 73 1,382.26 95 7,938.79 99
Camden County 7,106.13 24 375.31 115 1,260.28 106 8,741.72 66
Carteret County 5,797.45 68 710.03 93 2,764.05 12 9,271.53 43
Caswell County 7,357.37 15 983.96 51 1,040.00 114 9,381.33 38
Catawba County 5,468.53 93 570.01 103 1,857.45 46 7,895.99 103
Hickory City 5,365.94 101 911.19 55 1,810.00 49 8,087.13 95
Newton Conover City 5,645.72 77 1,362.11 20 2,033.53 34 9,041.36 54
Chatham County 5,557.14 87 812.01 77 3,399.67 5 9,768.82 30
Cherokee County 6,744.25 30 991.46 50 1,683.11 63 9,418.82 36
Edenton/Chowan 7,126.99 23 1,086.58 38 2,133.56 29 10,347.13 21
Clay County 7,783.38 6 734.21 90 1,308.03 101 9,825.62 27
Cleveland County 5,897.67 60 897.10 59 1,871.71 45 8,666.48 67
Columbus County 6,615.77 32 1,100.52 37 1,116.43 111 8,832.72 60
Whiteville City 6,302.81 40 1,247.57 26 1,227.07 107 8,777.45 63
Craven County 5,527.48 88 1,077.15 41 1,454.83 88 8,059.46 96
Cumberland County 5,379.01 99 1,148.83 31 1,610.31 70 8,138.15 91
Currituck County 6,021.74 51 544.19 107 2,528.24 15 9,094.17 50
Dare County 5,825.34 65 515.41 109 4,670.69 3 11,011.44 10
Davidson County 5,233.19 109 493.12 112 1,295.95 103 7,022.26 115
Lexington City 6,250.55 42 1,389.59 18 1,962.80 39 9,602.94 33
Thomasville City 5,838.31 64 1,915.97 1 1,915.38 42 9,669.66 32
Davie County 5,452.83 95 544.86 106 1,753.28 59 7,750.97 107
Duplin County 6,141.27 45 1,140.82 33 1,163.41 110 8,445.50 72
Durham Public 5,619.68 81 904.48 57 3,176.29 7 9,700.45 31
Edgecombe County 6,094.90 46 1,021.64 46 1,006.35 115 8,122.89 92
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TABLE 24 (continued)
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition INCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Forsyth County 5,681.08 73 791.51 81 2,624.15 13 9,096.74 49
Franklin County 5,636.22 78 901.78 58 1,600.77 73 8,138.77 90
Gaston County 5,176.33 112 787.05 83 1,558.88 79 7,522.26 113
Gates County 7,548.44 10 864.23 65 1,841.31 47 10,253.98 23
Graham County 8,560.52 4 1,290.49 22 1,283.50 104 11,134.51 8
Granville County 5,674.19 75 676.74 95 1,611.99 69 7,962.92 98
Greene County 7,198.39 20 1,251.19 25 1,321.66 100 9,771.24 29
Guilford County 5,306.57 104 883.35 60 2,821.71 11 9,011.63 55
Halifax County 7,295.84 17 1,523.73 13 1,090.04 112 9,909.61 26
Roanoke Rapids City 6,080.71 47 1,031.38 45 2,097.94 31 9,210.03 45
Weldon City 7,208.62 19 1,887.88 2 2,956.40 9 12,052.90 4
Harnett County 5,622.70 80 831.45 72 1,450.25 90 7,904.40 100
Haywood County 5,665.29 76 827.43 74 2,288.09 24 8,780.81 62
Henderson County 5,451.14 96 781.13 84 1,801.30 50 8,033.57 97
Hertford County 7,665.13 8 1,524.93 12 1,388.37 94 10,578.43 14
Hoke County 6,376.40 36 1,117.91 34 1,273.40 105 8,767.71 64
Hyde County 12,284.92 2 1,819.95 3 2,205.32 26 16,310.19 1
Iredell-Statesville 5,274.85 106 598.21 102 1,956.81 40 7,829.87 106
Mooresville City 5,152.79 113 441.51 114 2,308.18 23 7,902.48 101
Jackson County 5,970.92 54 854.66 66 2,334.72 21 9,160.30 47
Johnston County 5,481.60 91 634.98 99 1,785.80 54 7,902.38 102
Jones County 9,151.66 3 1,468.69 14 1,351.36 97 11,971.71 5
Lee County 5,601.38 84 826.03 75 1,753.29 58 8,180.70 87
Lenoir County 6,203.63 43 1,082.17 39 1,468.25 87 8,754.05 65
Lincoln County 5,403.46 98 628.80 100 1,589.82 75 7,622.08 111
Macon County 5,795.76 69 797.93 79 2,030.66 35 8,624.35 69
Madison County 6,792.72 28 905.02 56 1,360.75 96 9,058.49 51
Martin County 7,354.51 16 1,617.85 9 2,037.02 32 11,009.38 11
Mcdowell County 5,970.57 55 852.24 67 1,483.93 84 8,306.74 78
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 5,238.32 108 765.94 85 2,592.02 14 8,596.28 70
Mitchell County 7,155.92 21 743.91 88 1,434.59 91 9,334.42 40
Montgomery County 6,314.11 39 1,163.97 30 1,774.08 55 9,252.16 44
Moore County 5,414.43 97 698.80 94 2,036.64 33 8,149.87 88
Nash-Rocky Mount 5,805.01 66 998.09 48 1,593.85 74 8,396.95 75
New Hanover County 5,368.19 100 822.22 76 3,268.88 6 9,459.29 35
Northampton County 7,593.30 9 1,569.44 11 2,001.65 37 11,164.39 7
Onslow County 5,264.39 107 789.80 82 1,800.20 51 7,854.39 105
Orange County 5,598.58 85 519.14 108 3,679.18 4 9,796.90 28
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 5,195.04 110 477.13 113 4,906.60 2 10,578.77 13
Pamlico County 8,172.54 5 1,233.63 28 1,679.12 64 11,085.29 9
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TABLE 24 (continued)
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition INCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Pasquotank County 6,167.12 44 1,105.70 35 2,024.55 36 9,297.37 42
Pender County 5,521.88 90 808.94 78 1,549.16 81 7,879.98 104
Perquimans County 7,370.04 13 1,397.53 16 1,583.86 77 10,351.43 20
Person County 5,874.07 61 757.86 87 1,790.77 52 8,422.70 74
Pitt County 5,615.74 83 852.00 68 1,786.45 53 8,254.19 82
Polk County 6,682.94 31 840.23 71 2,925.89 10 10,449.06 17
Randolph County 5,346.38 102 625.23 101 1,481.20 85 7,452.81 114
Asheboro City 5,803.74 67 1,016.92 47 2,107.81 30 8,928.47 57
Richmond County 6,520.68 34 994.72 49 1,296.79 102 8,812.19 61
Robeson County 6,387.11 35 1,586.37 10 1,083.99 113 9,057.47 52
Rockingham County 5,842.28 63 865.74 64 1,629.13 66 8,337.15 77
Rowan-Salisbury 5,460.70 94 847.74 70 1,933.05 41 8,241.49 84
Rutherford County 5,982.88 53 851.34 69 1,621.86 68 8,456.08 71
Sampson County 5,954.11 57 1,054.28 43 1,191.16 109 8,199.55 86
Clinton City 6,035.76 49 1,077.80 40 1,757.90 57 8,871.46 58
Scotland County 6,822.55 27 1,751.69 5 1,767.67 56 10,341.91 22
Stanly County 5,990.78 52 763.33 86 1,470.17 86 8,224.28 85
Stokes County 5,923.91 59 734.93 89 1,716.96 61 8,375.80 76
Surry County 5,861.16 62 873.34 61 1,557.65 80 8,292.15 80
Elkin City 6,265.12 41 649.51 98 2,443.55 18 9,358.18 39
Mount Airy City 6,336.78 38 1,261.23 24 2,471.09 17 10,069.10 24
Swain County 7,457.11 11 1,376.14 19 1,588.25 76 10,421.50 18
Transylvania County 5,630.72 79 869.95 63 2,359.07 20 8,859.74 59
Tyrrell County 13,014.14 1 1,724.51 6 1,534.77 83 16,273.42 2
Union County 5,048.10 115 507.77 110 2,183.39 27 7,739.26 108
Vance County 6,580.33 33 1,246.08 27 1,324.81 99 9,151.22 48
Wake County 5,180.39 111 497.54 111 2,440.59 19 8,118.52 93
Warren County 7,381.04 12 1,389.86 17 1,624.65 67 10,395.55 19
Washington County 7,778.98 7 1,770.83 4 1,872.35 44 11,422.16 6
Watauga County 5,717.73 71 568.73 104 3,018.14 8 9,304.60 41
Wayne County 6,032.01 50 939.25 54 1,327.53 98 8,298.79 79
Wilkes County 5,617.57 82 870.21 62 1,652.31 65 8,140.09 89
Wilson County 5,335.86 103 1,040.93 44 1,734.58 60 8,111.37 94
Yadkin County 5,961.07 56 722.30 92 1,579.31 78 8,262.68 81
Yancey County 6,971.53 26 1,057.36 42 1,388.58 93 9,417.47 37
State Total 5,616.02 830.49 2,075.15 8,521.66
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TABLE 25
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition EXCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Alamance-Burlington 5,294.00 105 408.89 100 1,463.17 61 7,166.06 110
Alexander County 5,545.05 87 433.05 97 1,080.42 100 7,058.52 112
Alleghany County 7,331.81 16 677.33 48 2,005.88 24 10,015.02 14
Anson County 7,012.38 25 1,009.23 19 1,291.10 83 9,312.71 26
Ashe County 6,725.25 30 819.26 31 1,275.56 84 8,820.07 38
Avery County 7,131.17 22 816.71 32 1,954.07 25 9,901.95 15
Beaufort County 6,041.39 48 844.78 29 1,581.66 53 8,467.83 54
Bertie County 7,271.85 18 1,197.86 9 1,337.41 77 9,807.12 18
Bladen County 6,365.58 37 1,287.43 7 1,072.55 101 8,725.56 44
Brunswick County 5,670.76 75 526.00 82 2,309.91 15 8,506.67 52
Buncombe County 5,522.56 89 488.42 90 1,929.14 27 7,940.12 72
Asheville City 5,921.40 59 1,093.79 12 4,711.86 1 11,727.05 3
Burke County 5,683.17 72 658.24 52 1,339.61 76 7,681.02 85
Cabarrus County 5,076.75 114 360.69 108 1,700.24 42 7,137.68 111
Kannapolis City 5,457.64 94 855.84 27 1,709.94 40 8,023.42 70
Caldwell County 5,725.13 70 556.79 71 1,117.81 98 7,399.73 105
Camden County 7,084.24 24 256.89 115 980.85 107 8,321.98 58
Carteret County 5,790.15 68 507.23 86 2,472.14 12 8,769.52 42
Caswell County 7,335.49 14 662.09 51 779.02 115 8,776.60 41
Catawba County 5,468.53 92 363.12 107 1,599.66 47 7,431.31 101
Hickory City 5,365.94 100 591.28 61 1,593.58 49 7,550.80 97
Newton Conover City 5,645.72 77 1,058.93 14 1,777.20 37 8,481.85 53
Chatham County 5,556.72 86 562.92 70 3,113.83 5 9,233.47 30
Cherokee County 6,728.07 29 667.71 50 1,364.68 73 8,760.46 43
Edenton/Chowan 7,126.99 23 811.66 33 1,891.27 30 9,829.92 17
Clay County 7,735.14 7 484.35 92 1,087.72 99 9,307.21 27
Cleveland County 5,897.67 60 637.04 56 1,657.43 45 8,192.14 66
Columbus County 6,596.92 32 762.49 41 921.19 111 8,280.60 60
Whiteville City 6,288.11 40 888.03 25 1,030.05 105 8,206.19 65
Craven County 5,527.43 88 807.74 36 1,292.17 82 7,627.34 90
Cumberland County 5,378.88 99 854.81 28 1,443.26 64 7,676.95 87
Currituck County 6,005.86 51 395.08 103 2,229.16 17 8,630.10 47
Dare County 5,805.67 65 376.26 105 4,358.18 3 10,540.11 9
Davidson County 5,229.39 109 314.21 113 1,026.50 106 6,570.10 115
Lexington City 6,250.55 42 925.42 24 1,865.90 31 9,041.87 32
Thomasville City 5,838.31 63 1,307.35 4 1,775.34 38 8,921.00 34
Davie County 5,450.72 95 333.37 111 1,445.63 63 7,229.72 108
Duplin County 6,139.71 45 732.11 42 940.47 109 7,812.29 79
Durham Public 5,615.66 81 642.20 55 3,077.23 6 9,335.09 25
Edgecombe County 6,094.90 46 653.96 53 877.27 113 7,626.13 91
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TABLE 25 (continued)
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition EXCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Forsyth County 5,680.86 73 548.10 72 2,431.29 13 8,660.25 46
Franklin County 5,635.27 78 618.17 57 1,390.04 71 7,643.48 89
Gaston County 5,164.69 112 518.51 83 1,354.65 75 7,037.85 113
Gates County 7,547.87 10 608.44 58 1,577.32 54 9,733.63 22
Graham County 8,488.23 4 1,009.64 18 904.21 112 10,402.08 10
Granville County 5,673.81 74 438.72 96 1,405.70 66 7,518.23 98
Greene County 7,192.19 19 811.49 34 1,177.97 93 9,181.65 31
Guilford County 5,306.11 104 604.59 60 2,615.67 10 8,526.37 51
Halifax County 7,289.93 17 1,039.38 17 955.38 108 9,284.69 29
Roanoke Rapids City 6,057.99 47 810.45 35 1,856.34 32 8,724.78 45
Weldon City 7,180.33 20 1,390.26 2 2,782.88 8 11,353.47 4
Harnett County 5,622.63 79 533.28 80 1,248.81 85 7,404.72 104
Haywood County 5,665.20 76 571.53 68 1,924.89 28 8,161.62 67
Henderson County 5,446.13 96 537.21 78 1,589.16 51 7,572.50 95
Hertford County 7,664.98 8 1,092.50 13 1,298.02 78 10,055.50 13
Hoke County 6,370.59 36 786.67 37 1,060.01 104 8,217.27 64
Hyde County 12,226.33 2 1,438.78 1 2,014.46 23 15,679.57 1
Iredell-Statesville 5,274.46 106 391.46 104 1,677.39 43 7,343.31 106
Mooresville City 5,152.79 113 275.28 114 2,023.34 22 7,451.41 100
Jackson County 5,954.78 55 581.54 65 2,075.12 20 8,611.44 49
Johnston County 5,477.80 91 422.71 98 1,529.55 58 7,430.06 102
Jones County 9,111.56 3 980.73 20 1,170.83 95 11,263.12 5
Lee County 5,601.34 84 529.11 81 1,598.68 48 7,729.13 82
Lenoir County 6,203.63 43 776.95 39 1,295.77 79 8,276.35 61
Lincoln County 5,403.46 98 414.32 99 1,354.73 74 7,172.51 109
Macon County 5,787.18 69 515.99 84 1,771.87 39 8,075.04 69
Madison County 6,792.72 28 590.88 62 1,070.82 102 8,454.42 55
Martin County 7,344.94 13 1,228.18 8 1,787.05 36 10,360.17 11
Mcdowell County 5,965.54 54 536.13 79 1,215.69 89 7,717.36 83
Charlotte-Mecklenburg 5,234.28 108 501.72 87 2,413.55 14 8,149.55 68
Mitchell County 7,131.54 21 498.15 88 1,221.42 88 8,851.11 37
Montgomery County 6,314.11 38 767.53 40 1,547.82 56 8,629.46 48
Moore County 5,414.43 97 488.40 91 1,852.62 33 7,755.45 81
Nash-Rocky Mount 5,805.03 66 684.01 47 1,413.00 65 7,902.04 74
New Hanover County 5,360.41 101 607.55 59 2,958.50 7 8,926.46 33
Northampton County 7,585.83 9 1,183.28 10 1,790.99 35 10,560.10 8
Onslow County 5,263.79 107 571.00 69 1,587.93 52 7,422.72 103
Orange County 5,593.47 85 356.49 109 3,438.96 4 9,388.92 24
Chapel Hill-Carrboro 5,195.04 110 354.50 110 4,658.90 2 10,208.44 12
Pamlico County 8,132.28 5 969.22 21 1,489.40 60 10,590.90 7
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TABLE 25 (continued)
PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING, 2007–08
Child Nutrition EXCLUDED
State Federal Local Total
PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank PPE Rank
Pasquotank County 6,154.24 44 832.57 30 1,821.40 34 8,808.21 39
Pender County 5,521.88 90 538.38 77 1,391.28 70 7,451.54 99
Perquimans County 7,333.99 15 1,040.24 16 1,295.59 80 9,669.82 23
Person County 5,874.02 61 474.51 93 1,556.96 55 7,905.49 73
Pitt County 5,607.56 83 575.65 66 1,589.53 50 7,772.74 80
Polk County 6,662.22 31 584.39 63 2,602.46 11 9,849.07 16
Randolph County 5,346.38 102 403.75 102 1,230.61 87 6,980.74 114
Asheboro City 5,803.39 67 690.31 46 1,906.63 29 8,400.33 56
Richmond County 6,520.67 34 728.70 43 1,062.39 103 8,311.76 59
Robeson County 6,384.76 35 1,126.30 11 847.52 114 8,358.58 57
Rockingham County 5,833.95 64 583.87 64 1,397.41 68 7,815.23 78
Rowan-Salisbury 5,460.70 93 543.49 76 1,674.86 44 7,679.05 86
Rutherford County 5,976.76 53 575.24 67 1,393.92 69 7,945.92 71
Sampson County 5,951.68 56 717.17 44 934.98 110 7,603.83 93
Clinton City 6,022.88 50 675.26 49 1,533.69 57 8,231.83 63
Scotland County 6,822.50 27 1,332.32 3 1,641.71 46 9,796.53 19
Stanly County 5,990.45 52 497.80 89 1,165.38 96 7,653.63 88
Stokes County 5,923.78 58 508.22 85 1,387.46 72 7,819.46 77
Surry County