Record · District
Richmond County Schools
A public school district in Hamlet, North Carolina, with 15 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 6,504
- Students enrolled
- 374.4
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,661
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 6,504 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,443rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 50th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 91% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,661 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 22% 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
Richmond County Schools spent $13,221 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $6,978 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 | $13,221 | $87.8 million | 6,639 |
| FY2023 | $12,661 | $84.5 million | 6,678 |
| FY2022 | $12,389 | $84.4 million | 6,810 |
| FY2021 | $10,999 | $73.8 million | 6,712 |
| FY2020 | $10,079 | $72.4 million | 7,180 |
| FY2019 | $9,997 | $72.4 million | 7,239 |
| FY2018 | $9,474 | $69.8 million | 7,368 |
| FY2017 | $8,998 | $67.8 million | 7,530 |
| FY2016 | $8,993 | $68.4 million | 7,609 |
| FY2015 | $8,670 | $67.1 million | 7,741 |
| FY2014 | $8,508 | $64.8 million | 7,620 |
| FY2013 | $8,460 | $66.6 million | 7,870 |
| FY2012 | $8,176 | $64.5 million | 7,888 |
| FY2011 | $8,418 | $66.3 million | 7,875 |
| FY2010 | $8,724 | $69.1 million | 7,918 |
| FY2009 | $9,028 | $71.3 million | 7,895 |
| FY2008 | $8,538 | $67.3 million | 7,885 |
| FY2007 | $8,080 | $65.8 million | 8,149 |
| FY2006 | $7,157 | $59.7 million | 8,340 |
| FY2005 | $6,978 | $57.9 million | 8,296 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $17.8 million | 19.9% |
| State | $59.3 million | 66.6% |
| Local | $12.0 million | 13.5% |
| Total | $89.1 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
15 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Ashley Chapel Educational Center | 59 |
| Cordova Middle | 233 |
| East Rockingham Elementary | 430 |
| Ellerbe Middle | 182 |
| Fairview Heights Elementary | 480 |
| Hamlet Middle | 399 |
| L J Bell Elementary | 449 |
| Mineral Springs Elementary | 441 |
| Monroe Avenue Elementary | 411 |
| Richmond 9th Grade Academy | 424 |
| Richmond Early College High | 294 |
| Richmond Senior High | 1,365 |
| Rockingham Middle | 606 |
| Washington Street Elementary | 417 |
| West Rockingham Elementary | 314 |
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
- 3703870
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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