Wilkes County Schools
A public school district in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, with 22 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 8,547
- Students enrolled
- 565.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,150
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 8,547 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,075th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 42nd of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,150 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 17% 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
Wilkes County Schools spent $12,150 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,104 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 | $12,150 | $105.4 million | 8,673 |
| FY2022 | $12,156 | $105.1 million | 8,643 |
| FY2021 | $10,776 | $94.8 million | 8,798 |
| FY2020 | $9,809 | $91.8 million | 9,355 |
| FY2019 | $9,712 | $91.6 million | 9,434 |
| FY2018 | $9,022 | $88.1 million | 9,770 |
| FY2017 | $8,787 | $87.1 million | 9,911 |
| FY2016 | $8,737 | $87.5 million | 10,012 |
| FY2015 | $8,580 | $88.1 million | 10,268 |
| FY2014 | $8,537 | $84.2 million | 9,863 |
| FY2013 | $8,090 | $84.0 million | 10,384 |
| FY2012 | $7,775 | $81.5 million | 10,485 |
| FY2011 | $7,955 | $82.5 million | 10,374 |
| FY2010 | $8,274 | $85.6 million | 10,345 |
| FY2009 | $8,414 | $87.5 million | 10,401 |
| FY2008 | $7,804 | $78.2 million | 10,016 |
| FY2007 | $7,964 | $79.9 million | 10,035 |
| FY2006 | $7,338 | $74.0 million | 10,086 |
| FY2005 | $7,104 | $71.6 million | 10,077 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $21.9 million | 17.0% |
| State | $81.5 million | 63.3% |
| Local | $25.3 million | 19.7% |
| Total | $128.7 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
22 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
- 3704950
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