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Onslow County Schools

A public school district in Jacksonville, North Carolina, with 39 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

27,551
Students enrolled
1,754.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,056
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 27,551 in 2024–25
Ranks 242nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 11th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,056 in fiscal year 2023
More than 9% 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

Onslow County Schools spent $11,056 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,550 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
Onslow County Schools spent $11,056 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,550 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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$11,056$308.7 million27,921
FY2022$10,680$291.2 million27,264
FY2021$10,233$268.8 million26,269
FY2020$9,375$252.6 million26,946
FY2019$8,947$240.4 million26,864
FY2018$8,663$231.1 million26,671
FY2017$8,269$217.9 million26,352
FY2016$7,893$206.5 million26,159
FY2015$7,981$206.1 million25,824
FY2014$8,009$201.5 million25,161
FY2013$7,743$197.7 million25,533
FY2012$7,296$182.3 million24,989
FY2011$7,778$185.8 million23,890
FY2010$7,642$184.0 million24,075
FY2009$8,056$193.5 million24,021
FY2008$7,446$173.3 million23,273
FY2007$7,552$173.9 million23,023
FY2006$6,815$156.4 million22,946
FY2005$6,550$145.5 million22,212

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Onslow County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$65.1 million18.8%
State$200.4 million58.0%
Local$80.1 million23.2%
Total$345.6 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

39 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Onslow County Schools
SchoolStudents
Bell Fork Elementary551
Blue Creek Elementary498
Carolina Forest Elementary570
Clear View Elementary535
Clyde Erwin Elementary283
Coastal Elementary833
Dixon Elementary760
Dixon High1,085
Dixon Middle997
Heritage Elementary School565
Hunters Creek Elementary585
Hunters Creek Middle856
Jacksonville Commons Elementary506
Jacksonville Commons Middle918
Jacksonville High1,441
Meadow View Elementary520
Morton Elementary715
New Bridge Middle482
Northside High1,067
Northwoods Elementary439
Northwoods Park Middle633
Onslow Early College189
Onslow Virtual School421
Parkwood Elementary457
Queens Creek Elementary706
Richlands Elementary591
Richlands High1,027
Sand Ridge Elementary527
Silverdale Elementary648
Southwest Elementary720
Southwest High803
Southwest Middle510
Stateside Elementary579
Summersill Elementary482
Swansboro Elementary592
Swansboro High1,232
Swansboro Middle1,052
Trexler Middle770
White Oak High1,252

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 12
NCES district ID
3703450

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