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Pender County Schools

Burgaw, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

11,073
Students enrolled
19
Public schools
617
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 262
  • Kindergarten 678
  • Grade 1 724
  • Grade 2 762
  • Grade 3 856
  • Grade 4 841
  • Grade 5 865
  • Grade 6 865
  • Grade 7 804
  • Grade 8 853
  • Grade 9 912
  • Grade 10 855
  • Grade 11 929
  • Grade 12 854
  • Grade 13 13

By race/ethnicity

  • White 65%
  • Hispanic/Latino 18%
  • Black or African American 11%
  • Two or more races 6%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <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

70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 7,782 of 11,073 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 70%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

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

$12,360 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,846
  • Support services $4,023
  • Other (food service, etc.) $491

Where the money comes from

  • Local 22%
  • State 60%
  • Federal 18%

Total revenue $145.2 milliontotal spending $142.6 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 13

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 95% rural, 5% town

Total staff (FTE)

985

District office

925 Penderlea Hwy, Burgaw NC 28425

County

Pender County

Official website

NCES District ID

3703570

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About Pender County Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Vision-The future of Pender County depends upon the successful preparation of its citizens to compete in a global economy, understand and facilitate change, and achieve economic growth in a vibrant, safe, and environmentally sound community.Mission-Through a 21st Century infrastructure, Pender County Schools will aggressively pursue fiscally responsible and measurable methods of providing innovative and creative learning opportunities that motivate students to succeed in a globally competitive world.Motto-Pender County Schools…the future in progress
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