Wayne County Public Schools
A public school district in Goldsboro, North Carolina, with 33 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 17,150
- Students enrolled
- 949.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $11,267
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 17,150 in 2024–25
- Ranks 450th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 21st of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $11,267 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
Wayne County Public Schools spent $11,267 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,961 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 | $11,267 | $197.8 million | 17,558 |
| FY2022 | $11,752 | $206.9 million | 17,602 |
| FY2021 | $10,063 | $176.4 million | 17,532 |
| FY2020 | $9,625 | $175.6 million | 18,240 |
| FY2019 | $9,626 | $177.6 million | 18,446 |
| FY2018 | $8,890 | $166.4 million | 18,714 |
| FY2017 | $8,656 | $161.5 million | 18,663 |
| FY2016 | $8,271 | $156.8 million | 18,955 |
| FY2015 | $7,969 | $153.4 million | 19,249 |
| FY2014 | $7,938 | $152.4 million | 19,197 |
| FY2013 | $7,764 | $153.4 million | 19,761 |
| FY2012 | $7,662 | $152.6 million | 19,912 |
| FY2011 | $7,751 | $150.9 million | 19,471 |
| FY2010 | $7,813 | $152.0 million | 19,458 |
| FY2009 | $8,238 | $161.7 million | 19,633 |
| FY2008 | $8,037 | $153.6 million | 19,108 |
| FY2007 | $7,639 | $148.0 million | 19,371 |
| FY2006 | $7,156 | $137.9 million | 19,272 |
| FY2005 | $6,961 | $134.4 million | 19,306 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $47.6 million | 21.9% |
| State | $141.2 million | 65.1% |
| Local | $28.2 million | 13.0% |
| Total | $217.1 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
33 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
- 3704880
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