School district · North Carolina
Mitchell County Schools
Mitchell County Schools in North Carolina: 6 public schools with 1,738 students and 13.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,355 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 1,738
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- NC 15.9 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,355
- 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)
- 129
- Counselors (FTE)
- 3.8
- Students per counselor
- 457
- NC 350 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- 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.
$10.4K15
$10.5K16
$11.7K17
$11.0K18
$11.4K19
$11.4K20
$12.5K21
$13.9K22
$14.4K23
$15.4K24
- Federal
- 12% · $5.9M
- State
- 79% · $38.2M
- Local
- 9.2% · $4.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,525
- Support services
- $6,067
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $20.9M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 2
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–2 | 144 | 11.0 | |
| Pre-K–2 | 246 | 12.8 | |
| 3–5 | 373 | 15.2 | |
| 6–8 | 380 | 14.0 | |
| 9–13 | 113 | 23.3 | |
| 9–12 | 482 | 12.2 |
Sources
- Address
- 72 Ledger School Rd, Bakersville, NC 28705
- Phone
- (828)766-2220
- 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).