Burke County Schools
A public school district in Morganton, North Carolina, with 27 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 11,667
- Students enrolled
- 694.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,261
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 11,667 in 2024–25
- Ranks 742nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 31st of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,261 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 18% 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
Burke County Schools spent $12,261 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,483 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 | $12,261 | $144.3 million | 11,770 |
| FY2022 | $11,845 | $137.8 million | 11,632 |
| FY2021 | $10,046 | $117.9 million | 11,733 |
| FY2020 | $9,406 | $116.0 million | 12,334 |
| FY2019 | $9,345 | $114.3 million | 12,230 |
| FY2018 | $8,839 | $110.5 million | 12,497 |
| FY2017 | $8,554 | $107.6 million | 12,584 |
| FY2016 | $8,392 | $107.3 million | 12,780 |
| FY2015 | $8,332 | $108.2 million | 12,984 |
| FY2014 | $8,377 | $107.3 million | 12,810 |
| FY2013 | $8,252 | $110.1 million | 13,343 |
| FY2012 | $7,511 | $101.4 million | 13,504 |
| FY2011 | $7,669 | $106.3 million | 13,862 |
| FY2010 | $7,972 | $112.2 million | 14,078 |
| FY2009 | $7,705 | $120.0 million | 15,569 |
| FY2008 | $7,932 | $111.1 million | 14,012 |
| FY2007 | $7,610 | $107.8 million | 14,167 |
| FY2006 | $6,813 | $98.4 million | 14,446 |
| FY2005 | $6,483 | $94.5 million | 14,581 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $32.7 million | 21.6% |
| State | $93.9 million | 62.1% |
| Local | $24.7 million | 16.3% |
| Total | $151.2 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
27 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 12
- NCES district ID
- 3700480
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