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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $11,056 | $308.7 million | 27,921 |
| FY2022 | $10,680 | $291.2 million | 27,264 |
| FY2021 | $10,233 | $268.8 million | 26,269 |
| FY2020 | $9,375 | $252.6 million | 26,946 |
| FY2019 | $8,947 | $240.4 million | 26,864 |
| FY2018 | $8,663 | $231.1 million | 26,671 |
| FY2017 | $8,269 | $217.9 million | 26,352 |
| FY2016 | $7,893 | $206.5 million | 26,159 |
| FY2015 | $7,981 | $206.1 million | 25,824 |
| FY2014 | $8,009 | $201.5 million | 25,161 |
| FY2013 | $7,743 | $197.7 million | 25,533 |
| FY2012 | $7,296 | $182.3 million | 24,989 |
| FY2011 | $7,778 | $185.8 million | 23,890 |
| FY2010 | $7,642 | $184.0 million | 24,075 |
| FY2009 | $8,056 | $193.5 million | 24,021 |
| FY2008 | $7,446 | $173.3 million | 23,273 |
| FY2007 | $7,552 | $173.9 million | 23,023 |
| FY2006 | $6,815 | $156.4 million | 22,946 |
| FY2005 | $6,550 | $145.5 million | 22,212 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $65.1 million | 18.8% |
| State | $200.4 million | 58.0% |
| Local | $80.1 million | 23.2% |
| 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
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
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