2004-05 Facts & Figures
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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SCHOOLS
Number of Administrative Units (2004-05)
County Units
City Units
Total
Number of Public Schools (2004-05)
Elementary (Grades PK-8)
Secondary (Grades 9-12)
Combined
Charter Schools
Total Schools (Public & Charter)
100
15
115
87.0%
13.0%
1,729
359
101
97
2,286
75.6%
15.7%
4.4%
Public
950,566
396,115
1,346,681
Charter
22,421
2,767
25,188
Public
19,806
27,615
422,993
101,380
775,383
Charter
375
369
8,999
794
14,668
34,018
24,226
1,575
2,717
6,591
2,726
71,853
47.3%
33.7%
2.2%
3.8%
9.2%
3.8%
132,045
15,101
27,463
174,609
75.6%
8.6%
15.7%
STUDENTS
Membership (1st Month, 2004-05)
Grades K-8
Grades 9-12
Total
Ethnic Distribution (Fall, 2004)
American Indian
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
High School Graduates' Intentions (2003-04)
Enroll in Four-Year Institutions
Enroll in Two-Year Institutions
Enroll in Other Schools
Military Service
Employment
All Others
Total
PERSONNEL
Public School Full-Time Personnel (Fall, 2004)
State Funded
Federal Funded
Local Funded
Total
Highest Degree Held by Instructional Personnel (2004-05)
Less than a Bachelor's
70
Bachelor's Degree
64,368
Master's Degree
33,755
Sixth Year Level
1,687
Doctorate
812
Other
1,134
Total
101,826
0.1%
63.2%
33.1%
1.7%
0.8%
1.1%
EXPENDITURES
Current Expense Expenditures (2003-04)
State
Federal
Local
Total
$5,982,987,282
$952,009,259
$2,251,194,670
$9,186,191,211
65.1%
10.4%
24.5%
Salaries and Benefits (2003-04)
State
Federal
Local
$5,580,067,256
$626,145,759
$1,375,863,501
73.6%
8.3%
18.1%
Capital Outlay
$922,605,667
2003-04 Per Pupil Expenditure in Average Daily
Membership (Current Expenses Only):
$7,006
Administrative Units by Size and
Per Pupil Expenditure
Largest - Mecklenburg County
Medium - Hoke County
Smallest - Tyrrell County
2003-04 Final
Average Daily
Membership
112,698
6,366
635
2003-04 Total
Per Pupil
Expenditures
$7,300
$6,661
$11,746
Math
507
518
Total
1006
1026
PERFORMANCE (2004)
SAT Scores:
North Carolina
United States
Verbal
499
508
Dropout Rate (Grades 7-12):
3.29
AUXILIARY SERVICES
Transportation (2003-04)
Number of Buses Operated
Number of Pupils Transported Daily
(includes contract transportation)
Average Bus Mileage Per Day
State Cost (includes contract
transportation and bus replacement)
Annual State Cost Per Pupil
Transported on Buses
Textbooks (2003-04)
Total Textbook Sales
13,484
719,601
68
$245,594,532
$341
$65,222,248.00
Average Cost of Textbook
Elementary
Middle School
High School
Math
$35.70
$44.55
$54.85
Science Social Studies
$31.23
$37.89
$47.54
$39.36
$59.56
$53.22
Child Nutrition (2003-04)
Number of Schools Serving
Average Number Served Daily
Average Cost (includes indirect cost)
Breakfast
2,103
260,039
$1.40
ESTIMATED AVERAGE TEACHERS' SALARIES
(2003-04)
(Source: Rankings 2004 )
North Carolina Average
United States Average
North Carolina's Rank
$43,211
$46,752
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Data compiled by the Statistical Research Section, Financial & Business Services,
N. C. Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC 27601-2825, June, 2005.
Lunch
2,149
717,491
$2.34