Education in North Carolina: Facts & Figures, 2018 Edition

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.

Facts & Figures: Additional Interactive Materials

Section I:

Children & Students

• Student Enrollment and Trends (Includes Charter Schools)
• Student Demographics by District (race/ethnicity, Free & Reduced Price Meal eligibility)

Section III:

Schools & Programs

• Largest Employers
• Program Enrollment (Exceptional Children & Academically or Intellectually Gifted)

Section IV:

Finance

• North Carolina K-12 Expenditures by District and Funding Source
• Per Pupil Revenue by State and Source of Funds
• FAFSA Participation

Section V:

Achievement

• NAEP Trends & Comparisons:
  • 4^th Grade Reading
  • 4^th Grade Math
  • 4^th Grade Science
  • 8^th Grade Reading
  • 8^th Grade Math
  • 8^th Grade Science
• EVAAS Distributions
• ACT Composite Scores
• Graduation Rates

• Education NC’s “Consider it Mapped”
• Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
• Highlights of the NC Public Schools Budget (NC Department of Public Instruction)
• National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey
• The Nation’s Report Card: NAEP State Profiles

• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Accountability and Testing Results
• North Carolina Early Childhood Education Data Repository
• North Carolina’s Tool for Online Workforce and Education Reporting
• University of North Carolina InfoCenter
• University of North Carolina Educator Quality Dashboard