FACTS MATTER. GO FIGURE.
Facts & Figures: Education in North Carolina
2021 edition available now!
This handy guide is designed to give you quick and easy access to key data that will support you in your work to improve North Carolina’s education system. You can find more detailed charts and heat maps below, as well as links to additional resources.
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