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Pender County Schools

A public school district in Burgaw, North Carolina, with 19 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

11,073
Students enrolled
616.7
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,425
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 11,073 in 2024–25
Ranks 793rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 34th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 95% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,425 in fiscal year 2023
More than 12% 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

Pender County Schools spent $11,425 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,005 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
Pender County Schools spent $11,425 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,005 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$11,425$125.0 million10,941
FY2022$11,305$116.8 million10,332
FY2021$10,109$96.6 million9,560
FY2020$9,558$93.8 million9,810
FY2019$9,409$88.7 million9,430
FY2018$8,850$83.7 million9,460
FY2017$8,558$81.2 million9,490
FY2016$8,570$78.8 million9,191
FY2015$8,292$75.3 million9,085
FY2014$8,068$70.3 million8,719
FY2013$8,047$70.5 million8,760
FY2012$8,093$69.0 million8,520
FY2011$8,018$67.7 million8,450
FY2010$7,969$66.6 million8,358
FY2009$8,516$70.3 million8,256
FY2008$7,548$59.7 million7,904
FY2007$7,421$57.2 million7,708
FY2006$7,055$52.3 million7,407
FY2005$7,005$50.2 million7,160

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Pender County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$23.4 million17.0%
State$81.9 million59.5%
Local$32.5 million23.6%
Total$137.8 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

19 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Pender County Schools
SchoolStudents
Burgaw Middle236
C.F. Pope Elementary530
Cape Fear Elementary533
Cape Fear Middle430
Heide Trask High732
Malpass Corner Elementary513
North Topsail Elementary529
Pender Early College High215
Pender High648
Pender Innovative Learning Academy38
Penderlea Elementary468
Rocky Point Elementary403
South Topsail Elementary618
Surf City Elementary857
Surf City Middle752
Topsail Annandale Elementary School580
Topsail High1,945
Topsail Middle837
West Pender Middle209

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
3703570

Elsewhere

Sources

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