Durham Public Schools
A public school district in Durham, North Carolina, with 57 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 31,865
- Students enrolled
- 2,125.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,239
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 31,865 in 2024–25
- Ranks 195th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 9th 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: $15,239 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 47% 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
Durham Public Schools spent $15,239 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,269 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 | $15,239 | $480.5 million | 31,531 |
| FY2022 | $14,937 | $474.3 million | 31,754 |
| FY2021 | $12,723 | $407.2 million | 32,005 |
| FY2020 | $11,742 | $392.6 million | 33,435 |
| FY2019 | $11,767 | $387.3 million | 32,913 |
| FY2018 | $10,821 | $362.7 million | 33,520 |
| FY2017 | $10,439 | $351.2 million | 33,643 |
| FY2016 | $10,331 | $351.5 million | 34,023 |
| FY2015 | $10,434 | $356.6 million | 34,172 |
| FY2014 | $10,032 | $334.5 million | 33,349 |
| FY2013 | $10,267 | $339.6 million | 33,079 |
| FY2012 | $9,943 | $330.7 million | 33,256 |
| FY2011 | $9,300 | $302.0 million | 32,479 |
| FY2010 | $9,679 | $314.3 million | 32,470 |
| FY2009 | $9,770 | $321.4 million | 32,900 |
| FY2008 | $9,145 | $292.8 million | 32,020 |
| FY2007 | $9,161 | $282.5 million | 30,835 |
| FY2006 | $8,343 | $262.5 million | 31,462 |
| FY2005 | $8,269 | $253.9 million | 30,704 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $90.7 million | 17.0% |
| State | $244.0 million | 45.8% |
| Local | $198.2 million | 37.2% |
| Total | $532.9 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
57 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
- 3701260
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