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Public Schools of Robeson County

Lumberton, North Carolina · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

21,301
Students enrolled
37
Public schools
1,338
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.9:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 883
  • Kindergarten 1,610
  • Grade 1 1,512
  • Grade 2 1,626
  • Grade 3 1,576
  • Grade 4 1,468
  • Grade 5 1,530
  • Grade 6 1,528
  • Grade 7 1,506
  • Grade 8 1,522
  • Grade 9 2,021
  • Grade 10 1,664
  • Grade 11 1,468
  • Grade 12 1,370
  • Grade 13 17

By race/ethnicity

  • American Indian or Alaska Native 37%
  • Hispanic/Latino 23%
  • Black or African American 23%
  • White 10%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian <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

98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 20,543 of 20,856 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 98%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

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

$13,043 spent per student on day-to-day operations North Carolina median: $12,409 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,691
  • Support services $4,290
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,062

Where the money comes from

  • Local 9%
  • State 59%
  • Federal 31%

Total revenue $309.3 milliontotal spending $320.5 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: DistantStudents: 72% rural, 28% town

Total staff (FTE)

3,061

District office

100 Hargrave Street, Lumberton NC 28358

County

Robeson County

Official website

NCES District ID

3703930

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About Public Schools of Robeson County

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

Mission Statement:To Educate All Students By Building A Foundation for Learning In An Ever-Changing Global Society!The goals of the Public Schools of Robeson County are:Keep the focus of our system on improved student learning.Strive to constantly improve our system.Bring out the best in people.Maintain positive working relationships with all groups.Involve people appropriately in the decision making process.Engage our parents and community in helping deliver a quality education.Communicate effectively with the system and our community.Honor the diverse backgrounds and needs of the students we serve.Encourage creative, efficient use of our resources to support student learning.Enhance the capacity of the system to constantly improve itself.Ensure that our schools are safe and secure learning and working environments.
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