School district · North Carolina

Cabarrus County Schools

Cabarrus County Schools in North Carolina: 43 public schools with 35,264 students and 16.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $11,027 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 43
Students: 35,264
Students per teacher: 16.2; NC 15.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $11,027; NC $13K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 2,175
Counselors (FTE): 103
Students per counselor: 341; NC 350 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 22.4; Librarians (FTE): —

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$7.9K15

$8.1K16

$8.3K17

$8.5K18

$8.9K19

$9.1K20

$9.9K21

$10.8K22

$10.8K23

$11.0K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 9.4% · $42.4M
State: 57% · $256.6M
Local: 34% · $151.1M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $6,782
Support services: $3,766
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $45.7M
Long-term debt: $216M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 20Middle schools: 9High schools: 13Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
A T Allen Elementary	K–5	626	14.7	Concord
Bethel Elementary	Pre-K–5	611	13.4	Midland
Carl A Furr Elementary	K–5	782	12.8	Concord
Charles E Boger Elementary	Pre-K–5	895	15.5	Kannapolis
Coltrane-Webb Elementary	K–5	386	11.1	Concord
Cox Mill Elementary	K–5	1,086	13.8	Concord
Harrisburg Elementary	Pre-K–5	850	16.0	Harrisburg
Hickory Ridge Elementary	K–5	927	14.3	Harrisburg
Mount Pleasant Elementary	K–5	679	15.0	Mount Pleasant
Patriots Elementary	K–5	636	13.7	Concord
Pitts School Road Elementary	K–5	885	14.5	Concord
R Brown McAllister Elementary	Pre-K–5	698	14.5	Concord
Rocky River Elementary	Pre-K–5	652	13.0	Concord
Royal Oaks Elementary	K–8	661	14.9	Kannapolis
W M Irvin Elementary	Pre-K–5	760	14.0	Concord
W R Odell Elementary	3–5	1,052	17.7	Concord
W R Odell Primary	K–2	938	15.8	Concord
Weddington Hills Elementary	K–5	1,038	15.2	Concord
Winecoff Elementary	Pre-K–5	740	15.4	Concord
Wolf Meadow Elementary	K–5	655	14.8	Concord
C C Griffin Middle	6–8	792	18.5	Concord
Concord Middle	6–8	583	16.3	Concord
Harold E. Winkler Middle	6–8	1,094	17.4	Concord
Harris Road Middle	6–8	1,368	20.0	Concord
Hickory Ridge Middle	6–8	1,057	20.9	Harrisburg
J N Fries Magnet School	6–8	755	17.3	Concord
Mount Pleasant Middle	6–8	660	17.0	Mount Pleasant
Northwest Cabarrus Middle	6–8	825	20.4	Concord
Roberta Road Middle	6–8	906	17.3	Concord
Cabarrus Co Opportunity SchoolAlternative	6–12	41	4.2	Concord
Cabarrus Early College of Technology	9–13	236	36.1	Concord
Cabarrus Health Sciences Institute	9–11	159	25.1	Concord
Cabarrus-Kannapolis Early Coll	9–13	234	24.3	Concord
Central Cabarrus High	9–12	1,369	15.9	Concord
Concord High	9–12	1,128	16.0	Concord
Cox Mill High School	9–12	1,772	21.8	Concord
Hickory Ridge High	9–12	1,671	20.2	Harrisburg
Jay M Robinson High	9–12	1,210	17.6	Concord
Mount Pleasant High	9–12	894	17.4	Mount Pleasant
Northwest Cabarrus High	9–12	1,142	16.9	Concord
Performance Learning CenterAlternative	6–12	77	11.8	Concord
West Cabarrus High	9–12	1,627	19.0	Concord
Cabarrus County Schools Virtual AcademyMostly virtual	K–12	107	26.8	Concord

Sources

Address: 4401 Old Airport Road, Concord, NC 28025
Phone: (704)260-5600

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).