Mitchell County Schools
A public school district in Bakersville, North Carolina, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,738
- Students enrolled
- 129.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,405
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,738 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,072nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 114th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 71% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,405 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 39% 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
Mitchell County Schools spent $14,405 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,870 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 | $14,405 | $24.8 million | 1,722 |
| FY2022 | $13,939 | $24.1 million | 1,727 |
| FY2021 | $12,468 | $21.7 million | 1,739 |
| FY2020 | $11,366 | $20.9 million | 1,837 |
| FY2019 | $11,414 | $21.1 million | 1,846 |
| FY2018 | $11,044 | $20.5 million | 1,855 |
| FY2017 | $11,692 | $21.6 million | 1,848 |
| FY2016 | $10,524 | $20.0 million | 1,896 |
| FY2015 | $10,444 | $20.4 million | 1,954 |
| FY2014 | $9,967 | $19.4 million | 1,949 |
| FY2013 | $9,846 | $20.1 million | 2,044 |
| FY2012 | $9,756 | $20.4 million | 2,090 |
| FY2011 | $10,701 | $22.3 million | 2,088 |
| FY2010 | $10,107 | $21.7 million | 2,146 |
| FY2009 | $10,146 | $21.9 million | 2,154 |
| FY2008 | $8,974 | $19.3 million | 2,155 |
| FY2007 | $8,919 | $19.7 million | 2,206 |
| FY2006 | $8,077 | $18.5 million | 2,293 |
| FY2005 | $7,870 | $18.1 million | 2,296 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.6 million | 11.9% |
| State | $23.6 million | 77.2% |
| Local | $3.4 million | 11.0% |
| Total | $30.6 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
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Gouge Primary | 144 |
| Greenlee Primary | 246 |
| Mayland Early College | 113 |
| Mitchell Elementary School | 373 |
| Mitchell High | 482 |
| Mitchell Middle School | 380 |
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
- 3703000
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