Union County Public Schools
A public school district in Monroe, North Carolina, with 52 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 41,404
- Students enrolled
- 2,506.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,340
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 41,404 in 2024–25
- Ranks 130th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 6th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,340 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 11% 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
Union County Public Schools spent $11,340 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,530 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 | $11,340 | $470.6 million | 41,497 |
| FY2022 | $11,010 | $447.0 million | 40,600 |
| FY2021 | $9,737 | $391.5 million | 40,207 |
| FY2020 | $9,308 | $388.2 million | 41,707 |
| FY2019 | $9,506 | $394.4 million | 41,488 |
| FY2018 | $8,677 | $360.8 million | 41,581 |
| FY2017 | $8,349 | $348.8 million | 41,782 |
| FY2016 | $8,074 | $340.7 million | 42,199 |
| FY2015 | $8,169 | $340.2 million | 41,650 |
| FY2014 | $7,644 | $314.0 million | 41,074 |
| FY2013 | $7,760 | $315.5 million | 40,659 |
| FY2012 | $7,690 | $308.5 million | 40,111 |
| FY2011 | $7,511 | $301.6 million | 40,153 |
| FY2010 | $7,559 | $297.8 million | 39,395 |
| FY2009 | $8,182 | $314.5 million | 38,439 |
| FY2008 | $7,584 | $277.5 million | 36,590 |
| FY2007 | $6,953 | $245.4 million | 35,294 |
| FY2006 | $6,676 | $209.5 million | 31,376 |
| FY2005 | $6,530 | $186.8 million | 28,608 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $59.6 million | 11.8% |
| State | $275.5 million | 54.6% |
| Local | $169.5 million | 33.6% |
| Total | $504.6 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
52 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
- 3704620
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