FACTS
AND FIGURES 2010-11
Web Address: http://www.ncpublicschools.org
SCHOOLS
EXPENDITURES
Number of Administrative Units (2010-11)
County Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100. . . . . . . 87.0%
City Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. . . . . . . 13.0%
Current Expense Expenditures (2009-10)
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,336,220,568. . . . . . . 61.9%
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,807,709,323. . . . . . . 15.3%
Local. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,707,251,434. . . . . . . 22.8%
TOTAL
115
Number of Public Schools (2010-11)
Elementary (Grades PK-8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,835. . . . . . . 72.7%
Secondary (Grades 9-12). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417. . . . . . . 16.5%
Secondary (Grades 9-13 Early College). . . . . . . . . . 64. . . . . . . . 2.6%
Combined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109. . . . . . . . 4.3%
Charter Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99. . . . . . . . 3.9%
TOTAL SCHOOLS (Public & Charter)
2,524
Average Daily Membership (FY 2010-11)
PUBLICCHARTER
Grades K-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011,545. . . . . . 34,512
Grades 9-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422,891. . . . . . . 6,720
1,434,436
$11,851,181,325
Salaries and Benefits (2009-10)
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,736,774,394. . . . . . . 68.8%
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,331,208,895. . . . . . . 13.6%
Local. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,725,170,901. . . . . . . 17.6%
TOTAL
$9,793,154,190
Capital Outlay (all funds) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $922,197,643
STUDENTS
TOTAL
TOTAL
41,232
2009-10 Per Pupil Expenditure in Average Daily Membership:
(Current Expenses Only)
State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,232. . . . . . . 61.9%
Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,289. . . . . . . 15.3%
Local. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,931. . . . . . . 22.8%
Ethnic Distribution (Fall 2010)
PUBLICCHARTER
American Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5%. . . . . . . . 1.1%
Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5%. . . . . . . . 1.9%
Black. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4%. . . . . . . 26.8%
Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7%. . . . . . . . 5.6%
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.1%. . . . . . . 61.7%
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8%. . . . . . . . 2.9%
TOTAL
High School Graduates’ Intentions (2009-10)
Enroll in Four-Year Institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,303. . . . . . . 46.6%
Enroll in Two-Year Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,438. . . . . . . 37.7%
Enroll in Other Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,646. . . . . . . . 1.9%
Military Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,016. . . . . . . . 4.5%
Employment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,562. . . . . . . . 7.4%
All Others. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,733. . . . . . . . 1.9%
AUXILIARY SERVICES
Transportation (2009-10)
TOTAL
88,698
PERSONNEL
Public School Full-Time Personnel (Fall 2010)
State Funded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125,981. . . . . . . 69.8%
Federal Funded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,070. . . . . . . 14.4%
Local Funded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,419. . . . . . . 15.8%
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180,470
Highest License Held by Classroom Teachers (2010-11)
Pending License Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2%
Vocational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1%
Bachelor’s Degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.7%
Master’s Degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.4%
Sixth Year Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.4%
Doctorate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2%
TOTAL 100.0%
PERFORMANCE (2010)
SAT Scores:
VERBAL MATH TOTALWRITING
North Carolina. . . . . . . . . 497 . . . . . . . 511 . . . . . . 1008. . . . . . . . . 477
United States. . . . . . . . . . 501 . . . . . . . 516 . . . . . . 1016. . . . . . . . . 492
4 Year Cohort Graduation Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.2%
5 Year Cohort Graduation Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.7%
Dropout Rate (Grades 7-12):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6%
$8,451
Administrative Units by Size and Per Pupil Expenditure
2009-10 FINAL AVERAGE
DAILY MEMBERSHIP
2009-10 TOTAL PER-PUPIL
EXPENDITURES
Largest - Wake County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,064. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,886
Medium - Davie County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,524. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,784
Smallest - Tyrell County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,170
Number of Buses Operated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,878
Number of Pupils Transported Daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776,506
Average Bus Mileage Per Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
State Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $450,408,364
Annual State Cost Per Pupil Transported on Buses. . . . . . . . . . . $558
(includes contract transportation)
(includes contract transportation and bus replacement)
Textbooks (2009-10)
Total Textbook Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,686,699
(incl. books, consumables and teacher resources)
Average Cost of Textbook MATHREADINGSCIENCESOCIAL STUDIES
Elementary. . . . . . . . . $44.14 . . . . $31.08. . . $42.61. . . . . . . . . $39.38
Middle School . . . . . $55.63 . . . . $59.89. . . $53.99. . . . . . . . . $56.00
High School . . . . . . . $66.26 . . . . $61.08. . . $59.72. . . . . . . . . $68.30
Child Nutrition (2009-10)
BREAKFASTLUNCH
Number of Schools Serving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,471. . . . . . . 2,533
Average Number Served Daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329,804. . . . . . 847,420
Average Cost (includes indirect cost). . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.95. . . . . . . $3.08
Data compiled by the Division of School Business, Financial & Business Services, NC Department
of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC 27601-2825, January 2011. | In compliance with federal laws, 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.
Estimated Average Teachers’ Salaries (2009-10)
North Carolina Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $46,850
United States Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $55,202
North Carolina’s Rank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
William C. Harrison, Ed.D.
Chairman
State Board of Education
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA State Board of Education | Department of Public Instruction
June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D.
State Superintendent
Department of Public Instruction