Dare County Schools
A public school district in Nags Head, North Carolina, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,968
- Students enrolled
- 347.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,996
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,968 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,935th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 64th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 89% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,996 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 35% 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
Dare County Schools spent $13,996 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,010 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 | $13,996 | $72.5 million | 5,181 |
| FY2022 | $13,375 | $70.1 million | 5,244 |
| FY2021 | $11,742 | $61.6 million | 5,250 |
| FY2020 | $11,468 | $61.8 million | 5,388 |
| FY2019 | $11,900 | $62.9 million | 5,285 |
| FY2018 | $11,389 | $60.2 million | 5,284 |
| FY2017 | $11,062 | $56.7 million | 5,124 |
| FY2016 | $10,729 | $54.6 million | 5,092 |
| FY2015 | $10,757 | $54.7 million | 5,086 |
| FY2014 | $10,683 | $53.7 million | 5,023 |
| FY2013 | $10,559 | $53.7 million | 5,088 |
| FY2012 | $10,541 | $52.9 million | 5,017 |
| FY2011 | $10,806 | $54.0 million | 4,994 |
| FY2010 | $10,518 | $52.4 million | 4,979 |
| FY2009 | $11,167 | $55.1 million | 4,931 |
| FY2008 | $10,652 | $50.5 million | 4,742 |
| FY2007 | $10,862 | $48.0 million | 4,421 |
| FY2006 | $9,344 | $46.2 million | 4,944 |
| FY2005 | $9,010 | $44.0 million | 4,889 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.6 million | 10.4% |
| State | $38.7 million | 53.0% |
| Local | $26.8 million | 36.7% |
| Total | $73.0 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
11 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cape Hatteras Elementary School | 284 |
| Cape Hatteras Secondary School | 364 |
| Dare Learning Academy | 39 |
| First Flight Elementary School | 285 |
| First Flight High School | 874 |
| First Flight Middle School | 604 |
| Kitty Hawk Elementary School | 487 |
| Manteo Elementary School | 636 |
| Manteo High School | 528 |
| Manteo Middle School | 383 |
| Nags Head Elementary School | 484 |
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
- 3701110
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