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Educational Rating: (100 is Best)

North Carolina Public Schools

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POPULATION
8,049,313

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 1,416,436
NUMBER OF North Carolina SCHOOLS 2,352
NUMBER OF North Carolina SCHOOL DISTRICTS 216
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($) 8,307
State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Reading Proficiency 82.9
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency 83.3
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency 88.3
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency 81.5
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency 86.3
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency 86.9
MATH TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Math Proficiency 67.8
Grade 4 Math Proficiency 65.0
Grade 5 Math Proficiency 63.1
Grade 6 Math Proficiency 61.9
Grade 7 Math Proficiency 61.8
Grade 8 Math Proficiency 60.7
School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 56.6 57.0
BLACK (%) 31.5 17.2
HISPANIC (%) 8.4 19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 2.1 4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 1.4 1.2
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 42.6 41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%) 4.9 7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%) 13.9 12.2

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

14.80
15.62
AVG FOR STATE
AVG FOR NATION
North Carolina Educational Environment
POPULATION STATE NATION
POPULATION 8,839,103 299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 175 84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE STATE NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.1% 36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.6% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.5% 12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STATE NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 3,488,690 112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 13.1% 11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 82.2% 85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 25.5% 28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATE NATION
$150,000 or more 4.9% 6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.9% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.3% 19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 22.6% 21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.7% 16.7%
$15,000 or less 14.8% 13.8%
Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,575 $6,480,354,781 55.1
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $401 $568,445,552 4.8
STAFF $296 $419,384,760 3.6
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $144 $204,288,926 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $481 $681,180,602 5.8
OPERATION $598 $846,326,835 7.2
TRANSPORTATION $290 $411,306,891 3.5
OTHER $198 $281,100,561 2.4
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,409 $3,412,034,127 29.0
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,323 $1,873,423,351 15.9
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $8,307 $11,765,812,259 100.0
FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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Abbeville, AL (Shorterville/Union)