Dare County Schools
Key statistics
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.
Students
By grade
- Pre-K 141
- Kindergarten 295
- Grade 1 313
- Grade 2 334
- Grade 3 358
- Grade 4 351
- Grade 5 384
- Grade 6 378
- Grade 7 396
- Grade 8 375
- Grade 9 414
- Grade 10 408
- Grade 11 433
- Grade 12 388
By race/ethnicity
- White 71%
- Hispanic/Latino 21%
- Two or more races 6%
- Black or African American 1%
- Asian <1%
- American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.
Free and reduced-price lunch
- Free lunch 44%
- Reduced-price lunch 2%
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.
Spending and revenue
Spending per student
- Instruction $9,704
- Support services $4,848
- Other (food service, etc.) $520
Where the money comes from
- Local 41%
- State 50%
- Federal 9%
Total revenue $80.8 milliontotal spending $82.4 million
Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.
District details
Grades served
PK to 12
Locale (NCES)
Town: RemoteStudents: 87% town, 13% rural
Total staff (FTE)
739
District office
3020 S. Wrightsville Ave, Nags Head NC 27959
Phone
County
Dare County
Official website
NCES District ID
3701110
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About Dare County Schools
Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.