Orange County Schools
A public school district in Hillsborough, North Carolina, with 13 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,982
- Students enrolled
- 454.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,399
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,982 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,343rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 49th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 92% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $14,399 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
Orange County Schools spent $14,399 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,317 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 | $14,399 | $103.8 million | 7,208 |
| FY2022 | $14,085 | $101.4 million | 7,200 |
| FY2021 | $13,042 | $92.3 million | 7,074 |
| FY2020 | $11,668 | $87.0 million | 7,456 |
| FY2019 | $11,598 | $86.2 million | 7,429 |
| FY2018 | $11,594 | $85.5 million | 7,377 |
| FY2017 | $11,072 | $83.7 million | 7,557 |
| FY2016 | $10,465 | $79.8 million | 7,627 |
| FY2015 | $10,201 | $77.2 million | 7,565 |
| FY2014 | $9,940 | $75.3 million | 7,578 |
| FY2013 | $9,921 | $75.1 million | 7,566 |
| FY2012 | $9,384 | $70.9 million | 7,556 |
| FY2011 | $9,781 | $70.2 million | 7,182 |
| FY2010 | $9,662 | $69.5 million | 7,192 |
| FY2009 | $10,130 | $72.4 million | 7,150 |
| FY2008 | $9,555 | $66.3 million | 6,943 |
| FY2007 | $9,561 | $65.3 million | 6,834 |
| FY2006 | $8,665 | $58.4 million | 6,739 |
| FY2005 | $8,317 | $55.5 million | 6,672 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $13.4 million | 11.9% |
| State | $52.7 million | 46.9% |
| Local | $46.3 million | 41.2% |
| Total | $112.4 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
13 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| A L Stanback Middle | 648 |
| Cedar Ridge High | 1,148 |
| Central Elementary | 261 |
| Efland Cheeks Elementary | 532 |
| Grady Brown Elementary | 406 |
| Gravelly Hill Middle | 415 |
| Hillsborough Elementary | 435 |
| New Hope Elementary | 528 |
| Orange High | 1,161 |
| Orange Middle | 514 |
| Partnership Academy | 40 |
| Pathways Elementary | 371 |
| River Park Elementary | 523 |
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
- 3703480
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