2021 Edition Available Now!
Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina continues to be a crucial asset for education stakeholders across the state as it empowers us and our partners to debate big ideas around a shared set of facts – while often presenting data that are not shared widely or otherwise readily available. The breadth of data provided within Facts & Figures ensures stakeholders have access to easily understandable and digestible data within the context of our state’s entire education landscape.
Don't Just Take Our Word For It
For years, education stakeholders from across the state have relied on the accurate, timely, and easily accessible information found in Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina to make data-driven decisions and develop meaningful solutions to our state’s most pressing education issues. We asked a few of those stakeholders to tell us what makes Facts & Figures their go-to guide for education data.
The 2021 edition of Facts & Figures was developed in partnership with RTI International, who provided data collection expertise and analysis support for the project.
NEW! Interactive Materials for 2021:
Section 1:
Children & Students
- K-12 Traditional Public School Enrollment, by District (2020-21)
- Five-Year Percentage Change in K-12 Traditional Public School Enrollment, by District (2015-16 to 2020-21)
- Public Charter School Enrollment as a Percentage of Total K-12 Public School Enrollment, by District (2020-21)
- Homeschool Enrollment as a Percentage of Total K-12 Traditional Public School Enrollment, by County (2019-20)
- Chronic Absenteeism in K-12 Traditional Public Schools, by District (2018-19)
Section 2:
Educators
- Percentage of National Board-Certified Teachers in K-12 Traditional Public Schools, by District (2019-20)
- K-12 Traditional Public School Teacher Attrition Rates, by District (2019-20)
- Average Local Salary Supplement for K-12 Teachers in Traditional Public Schools, by District (2020-21)
- Average Local Salary Supplement for K-12 Principals in Traditional Public Schools, by District (2020-21)
Section 3:
Schools & Programs
- Largest Employer Industry, by County (2019)
- Higher Education Institutions in North Carolina (2021)
Section 4:
Finance
- Locally-Funded K-12 Public Education per Pupil Expenditures, by District (2019-20)
- Total K-12 Public Education per Pupil Expenditures, by District (2019-20)
- FAFSA Completion Rates, by District (2020-21 Cycle, through December 2020)
- EdNC FAFSA Updated Status (2020/2021 Cycle)
- School-Level per Pupil Expenditures
Additional Resources
- Education NC’s “Consider it Mapped”
- Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
- Urban Institute’s Education Data Explorer BETA
- Highlights of the NC Public Schools Budget (NC DPI)
- National Center for Education Statistics: Schools and Staffing Survey
- NIEER’s 2019 State of Preschool Report on North Carolina
- North Carolina DPI’s School Accountability and Reporting Page
- Education NC: Mapping the 2018-19 school report cards
- North Carolina Early Childhood Education Data Repository
- North Carolina’s Tool for Online Workforce and Education Reporting (NC Tower)
- University of North Carolina System: Stats, Data and Reports
- NC Department of Public Instruction: Educator Preparation Program Dashboard
- North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation: Pathways to Grade Level Reading Data Dashboard
- North Carolina Public School Finances