Alexander County Schools
A public school district in Taylorsville, North Carolina, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,344
- Students enrolled
- 262.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,929
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,344 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,237th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 71st of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 87% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,929 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 24% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Alexander County Schools spent $12,929 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,408 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,929 | $58.5 million | 4,525 |
| FY2022 | $12,879 | $58.1 million | 4,509 |
| FY2021 | $11,228 | $51.3 million | 4,572 |
| FY2020 | $10,182 | $49.1 million | 4,826 |
| FY2019 | $9,891 | $48.1 million | 4,865 |
| FY2018 | $9,450 | $46.8 million | 4,953 |
| FY2017 | $9,149 | $45.5 million | 4,975 |
| FY2016 | $8,545 | $43.4 million | 5,084 |
| FY2015 | $8,424 | $44.3 million | 5,257 |
| FY2014 | $8,264 | $43.7 million | 5,290 |
| FY2013 | $8,317 | $44.8 million | 5,385 |
| FY2012 | $8,091 | $44.3 million | 5,475 |
| FY2011 | $7,893 | $43.7 million | 5,532 |
| FY2010 | $7,574 | $42.1 million | 5,553 |
| FY2009 | $7,847 | $44.1 million | 5,626 |
| FY2008 | $7,282 | $40.8 million | 5,609 |
| FY2007 | $7,207 | $41.0 million | 5,688 |
| FY2006 | $6,766 | $38.9 million | 5,752 |
| FY2005 | $6,408 | $36.4 million | 5,680 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $11.0 million | 18.1% |
| State | $38.2 million | 63.1% |
| Local | $11.4 million | 18.8% |
| Total | $60.6 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
11 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Alexander Central High | 1,254 |
| Alexander Early College | 172 |
| Bethlehem Elementary | 435 |
| East Alexander Middle | 510 |
| Ellendale Elementary | 168 |
| Hiddenite Elementary | 370 |
| Stony Point Elementary | 237 |
| Sugar Loaf Elementary | 196 |
| Taylorsville Elementary | 241 |
| West Alexander Middle | 467 |
| Wittenburg Elementary | 294 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3700090
Elsewhere
- Public schools in North Carolina — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in North Carolina — A to Z, each with its page.
- North Carolina on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved