Johnston County Public Schools
A public school district in Smithfield, North Carolina, with 48 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 37,320
- Students enrolled
- 2,189.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,352
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 37,320 in 2024–25
- Ranks 152nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 7th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,352 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 11% 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
Johnston County Public Schools spent $11,352 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,236 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 | $11,352 | $423.3 million | 37,286 |
| FY2022 | $10,788 | $408.0 million | 37,823 |
| FY2021 | $9,681 | $352.6 million | 36,422 |
| FY2020 | $9,156 | $341.5 million | 37,295 |
| FY2019 | $9,105 | $334.0 million | 36,685 |
| FY2018 | $8,780 | $318.4 million | 36,264 |
| FY2017 | $8,561 | $302.9 million | 35,387 |
| FY2016 | $8,286 | $288.8 million | 34,857 |
| FY2015 | $8,202 | $283.4 million | 34,551 |
| FY2014 | $8,105 | $274.4 million | 33,852 |
| FY2013 | $8,094 | $272.8 million | 33,711 |
| FY2012 | $7,934 | $262.6 million | 33,097 |
| FY2011 | $8,237 | $267.3 million | 32,454 |
| FY2010 | $8,053 | $257.4 million | 31,960 |
| FY2009 | $8,276 | $260.8 million | 31,512 |
| FY2008 | $7,674 | $231.5 million | 30,161 |
| FY2007 | $7,506 | $219.3 million | 29,213 |
| FY2006 | $7,070 | $195.3 million | 27,621 |
| FY2005 | $7,236 | $189.3 million | 26,159 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $49.2 million | 11.0% |
| State | $292.9 million | 65.4% |
| Local | $105.8 million | 23.6% |
| Total | $447.9 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
48 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
- 3702370
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