Record · District
Mountain Discovery Charter School
A public school district in Bryson City, North Carolina, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 221
- Students enrolled
- 13.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,477
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 221 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,545th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 295th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 18% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,477 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 20% 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
Mountain Discovery Charter School spent $13,119 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,612 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.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $13,119 | $2.5 million | 193 |
| FY2023 | $12,477 | $2.2 million | 174 |
| FY2022 | $12,006 | $2.1 million | 174 |
| FY2021 | $9,319 | $1.8 million | 188 |
| FY2020 | $9,895 | $1.8 million | 181 |
| FY2019 | $10,088 | $1.8 million | 182 |
| FY2018 | $9,633 | $1.7 million | 180 |
| FY2017 | $8,790 | $1.6 million | 186 |
| FY2016 | $8,742 | $1.6 million | 186 |
| FY2015 | $8,284 | $1.6 million | 190 |
| FY2014 | $8,702 | $1.5 million | 178 |
| FY2013 | $9,269 | $1.6 million | 171 |
| FY2012 | $9,178 | $1.6 million | 174 |
| FY2011 | $8,514 | $1.5 million | 175 |
| FY2010 | $9,056 | $1.5 million | 162 |
| FY2009 | $9,040 | $1.4 million | 151 |
| FY2008 | $8,619 | $1.3 million | 147 |
| FY2007 | $9,171 | $1.2 million | 129 |
| FY2006 | $8,452 | $1.1 million | 126 |
| FY2005 | $8,612 | $999,000 | 116 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $305,000 | 13.1% |
| State | $1.6 million | 71.0% |
| Local | $368,000 | 15.9% |
| Total | $2.3 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Mountain Discovery | 221 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for IDEA
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 3700129
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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