Buncombe County Schools
A public school district in Asheville, North Carolina, with 45 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 22,452
- Students enrolled
- 1,488.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,585
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 22,452 in 2024–25
- Ranks 324th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 15th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,585 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 31% 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
Buncombe County Schools spent $13,585 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,091 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 | $13,585 | $300.1 million | 22,091 |
| FY2022 | $13,190 | $291.2 million | 22,079 |
| FY2021 | $11,425 | $254.8 million | 22,298 |
| FY2020 | $10,663 | $252.4 million | 23,669 |
| FY2019 | $10,631 | $251.7 million | 23,677 |
| FY2018 | $10,049 | $241.5 million | 24,033 |
| FY2017 | $9,468 | $230.7 million | 24,369 |
| FY2016 | $9,044 | $222.1 million | 24,563 |
| FY2015 | $8,894 | $222.4 million | 25,006 |
| FY2014 | $8,399 | $214.1 million | 25,495 |
| FY2013 | $8,513 | $219.8 million | 25,824 |
| FY2012 | $8,300 | $213.0 million | 25,656 |
| FY2011 | $8,330 | $213.0 million | 25,572 |
| FY2010 | $8,319 | $213.2 million | 25,625 |
| FY2009 | $8,487 | $219.4 million | 25,847 |
| FY2008 | $8,038 | $203.9 million | 25,366 |
| FY2007 | $7,746 | $198.7 million | 25,650 |
| FY2006 | $7,323 | $187.0 million | 25,533 |
| FY2005 | $7,091 | $179.1 million | 25,255 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $52.8 million | 15.4% |
| State | $174.2 million | 50.8% |
| Local | $116.0 million | 33.8% |
| Total | $343.0 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
45 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 3700450
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