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Chatham County Schools

A public school district in Pittsboro, North Carolina, with 21 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,987
Students enrolled
646.6
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,128
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,987 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,018th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 39th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 94% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,128 in fiscal year 2023
More than 36% 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

Chatham County Schools spent $14,128 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,760 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
Chatham County Schools spent $14,128 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,760 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,128$129.0 million9,129
FY2022$13,461$121.3 million9,009
FY2021$11,480$101.4 million8,832
FY2020$10,709$98.5 million9,196
FY2019$10,924$99.2 million9,078
FY2018$10,223$92.1 million9,010
FY2017$10,001$88.9 million8,887
FY2016$9,705$84.3 million8,690
FY2015$9,401$81.0 million8,616
FY2014$9,491$78.1 million8,229
FY2013$9,244$78.2 million8,454
FY2012$9,038$75.9 million8,393
FY2011$9,284$74.4 million8,012
FY2010$9,380$74.1 million7,900
FY2009$10,176$78.6 million7,721
FY2008$9,286$71.5 million7,697
FY2007$8,524$64.8 million7,599
FY2006$7,876$59.2 million7,521
FY2005$7,760$57.5 million7,404

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Chatham County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$18.3 million12.8%
State$69.1 million48.5%
Local$55.0 million38.6%
Total$142.5 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

21 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Chatham County Schools
SchoolStudents
Bennett School187
Bonlee School290
Chatham Central High320
Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy9
Chatham Early College113
Chatham Grove Elementary683
Chatham Middle513
George M. Horton Middle414
J S Waters School222
Jordan-Matthews High848
Margaret B. Pollard Middle736
Moncure School176
North Chatham Elementary588
Northwood High634
ONE Academy35
Perry W Harrison Elementary262
Pittsboro Elementary503
Seaforth High1,088
Siler City Elementary591
Silk Hope School281
Virginia Cross Elementary494

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
3700750

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved