Bladen County Schools
A public school district in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, with 12 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 3,928
- Students enrolled
- 230.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,306
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 3,928 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,483rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 73rd of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 86% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,306 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 54% 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
Bladen County Schools spent $16,306 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,196 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 | $16,306 | $64.9 million | 3,983 |
| FY2022 | $13,797 | $54.9 million | 3,981 |
| FY2021 | $12,664 | $50.9 million | 4,017 |
| FY2020 | $11,327 | $48.1 million | 4,249 |
| FY2019 | $10,754 | $46.8 million | 4,351 |
| FY2018 | $10,331 | $46.4 million | 4,490 |
| FY2017 | $9,597 | $45.6 million | 4,751 |
| FY2016 | $9,173 | $44.6 million | 4,864 |
| FY2015 | $9,149 | $45.1 million | 4,925 |
| FY2014 | $9,910 | $46.8 million | 4,725 |
| FY2013 | $9,486 | $49.6 million | 5,233 |
| FY2012 | $8,877 | $47.8 million | 5,386 |
| FY2011 | $9,288 | $49.8 million | 5,360 |
| FY2010 | $9,408 | $50.6 million | 5,378 |
| FY2009 | $9,493 | $51.1 million | 5,380 |
| FY2008 | $8,682 | $45.6 million | 5,256 |
| FY2007 | $8,573 | $47.4 million | 5,526 |
| FY2006 | $8,417 | $46.8 million | 5,563 |
| FY2005 | $8,196 | $46.9 million | 5,726 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $23.2 million | 23.8% |
| State | $63.0 million | 64.6% |
| Local | $11.3 million | 11.6% |
| Total | $97.5 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
12 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bladen Early College | 129 |
| Bladen Lakes Primary | 166 |
| Bladenboro Middle | 254 |
| Bladenboro Primary | 448 |
| Clarkton School of Discovery | 147 |
| Dublin Primary | 234 |
| East Arcadia Elementary | 68 |
| East Bladen High | 525 |
| Elizabethtown Middle | 305 |
| Elizabethtown Primary | 483 |
| Tar Heel School | 449 |
| West Bladen High | 720 |
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 13
- NCES district ID
- 3700390
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