Lee County Schools
A public school district in Sanford, North Carolina, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 9,168
- Students enrolled
- 572.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,241
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 9,168 in 2024–25
- Ranks 993rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 38th 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: $13,241 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 27% 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
Lee County Schools spent $13,241 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,933 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 | $13,241 | $121.1 million | 9,143 |
| FY2022 | $12,250 | $113.2 million | 9,241 |
| FY2021 | $10,046 | $95.3 million | 9,482 |
| FY2020 | $9,363 | $94.7 million | 10,119 |
| FY2019 | $9,419 | $94.8 million | 10,061 |
| FY2018 | $9,070 | $92.2 million | 10,168 |
| FY2017 | $8,878 | $90.6 million | 10,210 |
| FY2016 | $8,500 | $87.0 million | 10,231 |
| FY2015 | $8,018 | $82.2 million | 10,253 |
| FY2014 | $7,976 | $79.3 million | 9,942 |
| FY2013 | $8,251 | $82.5 million | 9,994 |
| FY2012 | $8,112 | $80.6 million | 9,931 |
| FY2011 | $8,427 | $82.9 million | 9,834 |
| FY2010 | $7,988 | $78.9 million | 9,871 |
| FY2009 | $8,276 | $81.7 million | 9,873 |
| FY2008 | $7,750 | $72.9 million | 9,406 |
| FY2007 | $7,567 | $70.7 million | 9,349 |
| FY2006 | $7,240 | $67.1 million | 9,270 |
| FY2005 | $6,933 | $63.5 million | 9,158 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $26.8 million | 21.1% |
| State | $74.0 million | 58.3% |
| Local | $26.2 million | 20.6% |
| Total | $127.0 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
16 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| BT Bullock Elementary | 511 |
| Bragg Street Academy | 40 |
| Broadway Elementary | 490 |
| Deep River Elementary | 557 |
| East Lee Middle | 526 |
| Floyd L Knight Children Center | 95 |
| Greenwood Elementary | 571 |
| J Glenn Edwards Elementary | 587 |
| J R Ingram Jr Elementary | 419 |
| Lee County High | 1,459 |
| Lee Early College | 272 |
| SanLee Middle School | 792 |
| Southern Lee High School | 1,180 |
| Tramway Elementary | 559 |
| WB Wicker Elementary | 588 |
| West Lee Middle | 522 |
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
- 3702560
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