Rutherford County Schools
A public school district in Forest City, North Carolina, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 7,394
- Students enrolled
- 401.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $14,515
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 7,394 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,263rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 47th 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: $14,515 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 40% 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
Rutherford County Schools spent $14,515 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,981 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 | $14,515 | $109.3 million | 7,527 |
| FY2022 | $14,170 | $107.3 million | 7,572 |
| FY2021 | $11,543 | $87.2 million | 7,557 |
| FY2020 | $11,000 | $86.1 million | 7,825 |
| FY2019 | $10,772 | $86.9 million | 8,063 |
| FY2018 | $10,203 | $84.3 million | 8,258 |
| FY2017 | $9,776 | $81.6 million | 8,350 |
| FY2016 | $9,259 | $78.9 million | 8,527 |
| FY2015 | $9,263 | $79.7 million | 8,604 |
| FY2014 | $9,062 | $77.3 million | 8,532 |
| FY2013 | $8,995 | $80.6 million | 8,963 |
| FY2012 | $8,697 | $79.1 million | 9,092 |
| FY2011 | $9,073 | $83.1 million | 9,154 |
| FY2010 | $8,832 | $82.9 million | 9,384 |
| FY2009 | $9,037 | $86.3 million | 9,546 |
| FY2008 | $8,099 | $76.9 million | 9,500 |
| FY2007 | $7,994 | $79.7 million | 9,976 |
| FY2006 | $7,507 | $75.2 million | 10,012 |
| FY2005 | $6,981 | $69.7 million | 9,990 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $27.9 million | 24.5% |
| State | $64.6 million | 56.9% |
| Local | $21.2 million | 18.6% |
| Total | $113.6 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
18 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 13
- NCES district ID
- 3704080
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