School district · North Carolina

Lenoir County Public Schools

Lenoir County Public Schools in North Carolina: 17 public schools with 8,331 students and 15.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,060 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 17
Students: 8,331
Students per teacher: 15.5; NC 15.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,060; 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): 538
Counselors (FTE): 26.0
Students per counselor: 320; NC 350 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 1.0; 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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$8.6K15

$8.7K16

$8.9K17

$9.2K18

$9.7K19

$9.7K20

$10.4K21

$12.4K22

$12.9K23

$13.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 28% · $34M
State: 60% · $72.7M
Local: 12% · $14M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,941
Support services: $4,297
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $8.1M
Long-term debt: $20.7M

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 9Middle schools: 3High schools: 4Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Banks Elementary	Pre-K–5	436	13.5	Kinston
Contentnea-Savannah School	Pre-K–8	789	14.3	Kinston
La Grange Elementary	Pre-K–5	547	17.2	La Grange
Moss Hill Elementary	K–5	371	13.3	Kinston
Northeast Elementary	Pre-K–5	465	17.2	Kinston
Northwest Elementary	K–5	504	16.3	Kinston
Pink Hill Elementary	Pre-K–5	437	14.4	Pink Hill
Southeast Elementary	Pre-K–5	326	13.6	Kinston
Southwood Elementary	Pre-K–5	218	11.5	Kinston
E B Frink Middle	6–8	488	15.1	La Grange
Rochelle Middle	6–8	517	20.1	Kinston
Woodington Middle	6–8	584	16.9	Kinston
Kinston High	9–12	659	16.1	Kinston
Lenoir County Early College High	9–13	246	29.8	Kinston
North Lenoir High	9–12	957	16.3	La Grange
South Lenoir High	9–12	721	15.1	Deep Run
Lenoir County Learning AcademyAlternative	Pre-K–12	66	6.7	Kinston

Sources

Address: 2017 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC 28504
Phone: (252)527-1109

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).