Gates County Schools
A public school district in Gatesville, North Carolina, with 5 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,410
- Students enrolled
- 88
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,749
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,410 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,949th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 122nd of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 66% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,749 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 51% 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
Gates County Schools spent $15,749 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,651 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 | $15,749 | $23.6 million | 1,497 |
| FY2022 | $16,417 | $24.2 million | 1,475 |
| FY2021 | $13,511 | $20.2 million | 1,492 |
| FY2020 | $11,961 | $19.6 million | 1,637 |
| FY2019 | $11,536 | $19.5 million | 1,691 |
| FY2018 | $11,039 | $18.6 million | 1,685 |
| FY2017 | $11,256 | $18.3 million | 1,623 |
| FY2016 | $10,799 | $17.9 million | 1,655 |
| FY2015 | $10,920 | $18.5 million | 1,691 |
| FY2014 | $10,563 | $17.5 million | 1,660 |
| FY2013 | $10,434 | $18.6 million | 1,787 |
| FY2012 | $10,170 | $18.9 million | 1,857 |
| FY2011 | $10,208 | $19.1 million | 1,872 |
| FY2010 | $9,894 | $19.0 million | 1,918 |
| FY2009 | $9,769 | $19.6 million | 2,004 |
| FY2008 | $9,530 | $18.7 million | 1,964 |
| FY2007 | $9,131 | $18.7 million | 2,052 |
| FY2006 | $8,184 | $16.8 million | 2,050 |
| FY2005 | $8,651 | $16.9 million | 1,949 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.0 million | 12.3% |
| State | $16.2 million | 65.6% |
| Local | $5.5 million | 22.1% |
| Total | $24.7 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
5 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Buckland Elementary | 220 |
| Central Middle School | 336 |
| Gates County Senior High | 432 |
| Gatesville Elementary | 252 |
| T S Cooper Elementary | 170 |
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
- 3701680
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