Caldwell County Schools
A public school district in Lenoir, North Carolina, with 25 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 10,667
- Students enrolled
- 610.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,066
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 10,667 in 2024–25
- Ranks 832nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 35th 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: $12,066 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 16% 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
Caldwell County Schools spent $12,066 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,628 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 | $12,066 | $129.8 million | 10,758 |
| FY2022 | $11,644 | $127.0 million | 10,906 |
| FY2021 | $10,277 | $111.3 million | 10,829 |
| FY2020 | $9,768 | $111.8 million | 11,444 |
| FY2019 | $10,023 | $116.5 million | 11,621 |
| FY2018 | $9,721 | $114.3 million | 11,762 |
| FY2017 | $9,103 | $109.1 million | 11,990 |
| FY2016 | $8,834 | $107.7 million | 12,187 |
| FY2015 | $8,652 | $104.9 million | 12,129 |
| FY2014 | $8,437 | $102.1 million | 12,103 |
| FY2013 | $8,225 | $101.9 million | 12,386 |
| FY2012 | $7,959 | $100.0 million | 12,570 |
| FY2011 | $7,917 | $101.4 million | 12,811 |
| FY2010 | $7,644 | $99.8 million | 13,055 |
| FY2009 | $7,954 | $104.1 million | 13,092 |
| FY2008 | $7,596 | $98.5 million | 12,962 |
| FY2007 | $7,361 | $96.4 million | 13,099 |
| FY2006 | $6,994 | $91.0 million | 13,015 |
| FY2005 | $6,628 | $86.4 million | 13,029 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $22.0 million | 15.9% |
| State | $90.0 million | 65.0% |
| Local | $26.5 million | 19.1% |
| Total | $138.5 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
25 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Baton Elementary | 357 |
| Caldwell Applied Sciences Academy | 218 |
| Caldwell Early College | 387 |
| Caldwell Online Academy | 138 |
| Collettsville School | 321 |
| Davenport A+ School | 429 |
| Dudley Shoals Elementary | 433 |
| Gamewell Elementary | 459 |
| Gamewell Middle | 457 |
| Gateway School | 53 |
| Granite Falls Elementary | 647 |
| Granite Falls Middle | 518 |
| Happy Valley Elementary | 234 |
| Hibriten High | 818 |
| Horizons Elementary | 29 |
| Hudson Elementary | 665 |
| Hudson Middle | 551 |
| Kings Creek Elementary | 153 |
| Lower Creek Elementary | 396 |
| Sawmills Elementary | 351 |
| South Caldwell High | 1,272 |
| Valmead Elementary | 305 |
| West Caldwell High | 634 |
| Whitnel Elementary | 330 |
| William Lenoir Middle | 512 |
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
- 3700580
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