2000-01 Facts & Figures
NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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SCHOOLS
Number of Administrative Units (2000-01)
County Units ...........................................
City Units ...............................................
Total ....................................................
100
17
117
85.5%
14.5%
1,739
334
129
2,202
2,112
90
78.9%
15.2%
5.9%
Membership (1st Month, 2000-01)
Public
Grades K-8 ............................................. 921,412
Grades 9-12 ............................................ 345,658
Total ................................................... 1,267,070
Charter
13,955
1,551
15,506
Ethnic Distribution (Fall, 2000)
Public
American Indian ..................................... 18,651
Asian ....................................................... 23,576
Black ....................................................... 393,712
Hispanic .................................................. 56,232
White ...................................................... 776,251
Charter
221
164
6,704
274
8,160
High School Graduates' Intentions (1999-2000)
Enroll in Four-Year Institutions ............. 29,557
Enroll in Two-Year Institutions ............. 19,886
Enroll in Other Schools ..........................
1,311
Military Service ......................................
2,571
Employment ............................................
6,816
All Others ...............................................
1,746
Total .................................................... 61,887
47.8%
32.1%
2.1%
4.2%
11.0%
2.8%
Number of Public Schools (2000-01)
Elementary (Grades PK-8) ....................
Secondary (Grades 9-12) .......................
Combined ...............................................
Total Schools ......................................
Public Schools .................................
Charter Schools ...............................
STUDENTS
PERSONNEL
Public School Full-Time Personnel (Fall, 2000)
State Funded ........................................... 123,700
Federal Funded ....................................... 10,278
Local Funded .......................................... 25,958
Total .................................................... 159,936
77.4%
6.4%
16.2%
Highest Degree Held by Instructional Personnel (2000-01)
Less than a Bachelor's ............................
96
0.1%
Bachelor's Degree ................................... 59,914
63.5%
Master's Degree ...................................... 31,714
33.6%
Sixth Year Level .....................................
1,966
2.1%
Doctorate ................................................
664
0.7%
Total ................................................ 94,354
EXPENDITURES (1999-2000)
Current Expense Expenditures
State ........................................................$5,351,955,239
Federal ....................................................$ 597,006,562
Local .......................................................$1,824,749,181
Total ....................................................$7,773,710,982
68.9%
7.6%
23.5%
EXPENDITURES (1999-2000) - Continued
Salaries and Benefits
State ........................................................$4,960,510,447
Federal ....................................................$ 385,250,769
Local .......................................................$1,129,839,132
76.6%
5.9%
17.5%
Capital Outlay .........................................$1,247,307,286
Per Pupil Expenditure in Average Daily
Membership (Current Expenses Only)
$6,280
Administrative Units by Size and
Per Pupil Expenditure (PPE)
Largest
Medium
Smallest
1999-00 Final 1999-00 Total
Average Daily
Per Pupil
Membership
Expenditures
99,098
$6,934
6,084
$5,819
713
$11,508
Mecklenburg Co.
Hoke Co.
Hyde Co.
PERFORMANCE (1999-2000)
SAT Scores:
NC
US
Verbal
492
505
Dropout Rate (Grades 7-12):
Math
496
514
Total
988
1,019
4.3
AUXILIARY SERVICES
Transportation (1999-2000)
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 (1999-2000)
Total Textbook Sales ..............................
Avg. Cost of Textbook/Kit:
Elementary ......................................
High School ....................................
Child Nutrition (1999-2000)
Schools Serving Breakfast .....................
Average Breakfasts Served Daily ...........
Average Cost (includes indirect cost) ....
Schools Serving Lunch ..........................
Average Lunches Served Daily ..............
Average Cost (includes indirect cost) ....
13,062
695,152
63
$251,386,040
$346
$49,937,104
$32
$43
1,971
236,001
$1.27
2,036
745,197
$2.02
ESTIMATED AVERAGE TEACHERS' SALARIES
2000-01 Preliminary Estimates (All Sources)*
* This average is based on 2000-01 sixth month pay period
data and is not final.
North Carolina Average .........................
U. S. Average .........................................
North Carolina's Rank ............................
$41,167
$42,902
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Data compiled by the Statistical Research Section, Financial & Business Services,
N. C. Department of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC 27601-2825, July, 2001.