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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
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.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,150$105.4 million8,673
FY2022$12,156$105.1 million8,643
FY2021$10,776$94.8 million8,798
FY2020$9,809$91.8 million9,355
FY2019$9,712$91.6 million9,434
FY2018$9,022$88.1 million9,770
FY2017$8,787$87.1 million9,911
FY2016$8,737$87.5 million10,012
FY2015$8,580$88.1 million10,268
FY2014$8,537$84.2 million9,863
FY2013$8,090$84.0 million10,384
FY2012$7,775$81.5 million10,485
FY2011$7,955$82.5 million10,374
FY2010$8,274$85.6 million10,345
FY2009$8,414$87.5 million10,401
FY2008$7,804$78.2 million10,016
FY2007$7,964$79.9 million10,035
FY2006$7,338$74.0 million10,086
FY2005$7,104$71.6 million10,077

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Wilkes County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$21.9 million17.0%
State$81.5 million63.3%
Local$25.3 million19.7%
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

Schools in Wilkes County Schools
SchoolStudents
Boomer-Ferguson Elementary School111
C B Eller Elementary School248
C C Wright Elementary School316
Central Wilkes Middle School564
East Wilkes High School469
East Wilkes Middle School346
Millers Creek Elementary School699
Moravian Falls Elementary School257
Mount Pleasant Elementary School237
Mountain View Elementary School488
Mulberry Elementary School419
North Wilkes High School578
North Wilkes Middle School484
North Wilkesboro Elementary School329
Roaring River Elementary School190
Ronda-Clingman Elementary School318
Traphill Elementary School73
West Wilkes High School582
West Wilkes Middle School450
Wilkes Central High School719
Wilkes Early College High School265
Wilkesboro Elementary School405

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

Sources

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