McDowell County Schools
A public school district in Marion, North Carolina, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 5,792
- Students enrolled
- 380.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,112
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 5,792 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,637th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 56th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,112 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 26% 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
McDowell County Schools spent $13,112 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,881 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 | $13,112 | $75.7 million | 5,776 |
| FY2022 | $12,857 | $75.6 million | 5,881 |
| FY2021 | $11,393 | $65.0 million | 5,702 |
| FY2020 | $10,895 | $64.3 million | 5,905 |
| FY2019 | $10,706 | $63.5 million | 5,931 |
| FY2018 | $10,091 | $61.1 million | 6,056 |
| FY2017 | $9,742 | $60.3 million | 6,189 |
| FY2016 | $9,518 | $59.4 million | 6,245 |
| FY2015 | $9,156 | $58.0 million | 6,338 |
| FY2014 | $8,930 | $56.4 million | 6,311 |
| FY2013 | $8,852 | $58.6 million | 6,620 |
| FY2012 | $8,229 | $55.7 million | 6,763 |
| FY2011 | $8,158 | $54.7 million | 6,706 |
| FY2010 | $8,242 | $55.2 million | 6,697 |
| FY2009 | $8,305 | $54.7 million | 6,583 |
| FY2008 | $7,908 | $51.7 million | 6,539 |
| FY2007 | $7,787 | $50.4 million | 6,477 |
| FY2006 | $7,063 | $45.9 million | 6,504 |
| FY2005 | $6,881 | $44.7 million | 6,503 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $14.7 million | 18.4% |
| State | $49.7 million | 62.5% |
| Local | $15.2 million | 19.1% |
| Total | $79.5 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
15 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
- 3702940
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