School district · North Carolina
Lee County Schools
Lee County Schools in North Carolina: 16 public schools with 9,168 students and 16.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,004 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 9,168
- Students per teacher
- 16.0
- NC 15.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,004
- 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)
- 573
- Counselors (FTE)
- 26.9
- Students per counselor
- 341
- NC 350 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 2.0
- 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.
$8.0K15
$8.5K16
$8.9K17
$9.1K18
$9.4K19
$9.4K20
$10.0K21
$12.3K22
$13.2K23
$13.0K24
- Federal
- 16% · $18.6M
- State
- 64% · $76.1M
- Local
- 20% · $24.2M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,204
- Support services
- $4,237
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $2.2M
- Long-term debt
- $43M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 8Middle schools: 3High schools: 4Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| K–5 | 511 | 15.2 | |
| Pre-K–5 | 490 | 15.6 | |
| K–5 | 557 | 16.3 | |
| K–5 | 571 | 14.8 | |
| K–5 | 587 | 16.4 | |
| K–5 | 419 | 13.9 | |
| K–5 | 559 | 14.0 | |
| K–5 | 588 | 14.2 | |
| 6–8 | 526 | 15.5 | |
| 6–8 | 792 | 15.3 | |
| 6–8 | 522 | 13.7 | |
Bragg Street AcademyAlternative | 6–12 | 40 | 6.4 |
| 9–12 | 1,459 | 19.8 | |
| 9–13 | 272 | 39.7 | |
| 9–12 | 1,180 | 21.0 | |
Floyd L Knight Children CenterSpecial education | Pre-K–12 | 95 | 7.4 |
Sources
- Address
- 106 Gordon St, Sanford, NC 27330
- Phone
- (919)774-6226
- 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).