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Surry County Schools

A public school district in Dobson, North Carolina, with 20 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

7,318
Students enrolled
476.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
Suppressed by NCES
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,301
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 7,318 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,272nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 48th 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: $12,301 in fiscal year 2023
More than 18% 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

Surry County Schools spent $12,301 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,830 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
Surry County Schools spent $12,301 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,830 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$12,301$90.3 million7,340
FY2022$12,638$92.3 million7,300
FY2021$10,586$77.2 million7,291
FY2020$10,284$78.0 million7,589
FY2019$9,844$76.9 million7,810
FY2018$9,342$75.2 million8,046
FY2017$9,066$74.1 million8,174
FY2016$8,697$72.9 million8,377
FY2015$6,965$58.9 million8,452
FY2014$8,494$70.3 million8,271
FY2013$8,243$70.8 million8,589
FY2012$8,373$72.5 million8,658
FY2011$8,177$71.3 million8,716
FY2010$8,092$71.2 million8,794
FY2009$8,152$72.5 million8,897
FY2008$7,919$68.5 million8,652
FY2007$7,734$67.2 million8,692
FY2006$7,085$62.4 million8,810
FY2005$6,830$59.7 million8,736

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Surry County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$17.9 million18.7%
State$61.8 million64.6%
Local$16.0 million16.7%
Total$95.7 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

20 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Surry County Schools
SchoolStudents
Cedar Ridge Elementary348
Central Middle502
Copeland Elementary274
Dobson Elementary350
East Surry High576
Flat Rock Elementary217
Franklin Elementary473
J Sam Gentry Middle320
Meadowview Magnet Middle318
Mountain Park Elementary188
North Surry High792
Pilot Mountain Elementary353
Pilot Mountain Middle401
Rockford Elementary335
Shoals Elementary235
Surry Central High679
Surry Early College296
Surry Online Magnet School121
Westfield Elementary212
White Plains Elementary328

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
3704410

Elsewhere

Sources

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