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Burlington, North Carolina - 36 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Alamance-Burlington Schools #87 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,211 per pupil, Alamance-Burlington Schools ranks #125 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
22,489
Total Enrollment
36
Schools
$12,211
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Alamance-Burlington Schools operates 36 public schools serving 22,489 students, placing it in the mid-size range in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 combined, 7 high, 7 middle, 6 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Alamance County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,211 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending. See how North Carolina compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 18.4% local, 58.2% state, and 23.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #87 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 8 of 36 schools offering Advanced Placement (82 AP courses district-wide), a 415.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 32.8% White, 32.4% Hispanic or Latino, 25.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Audrey W. Garrett Elementary, with a diversity index of 73.9/100.
Its largest campus is Walter M Williams High, enrolling 1,206 students (6% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ray Street Academy, at 36 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Alamance-Burlington Schools school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Alamance-Burlington Schools school enrollment ranges from 36 students (lowest) to 1,206 students (highest), a spread of 1,170 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alamance-Burlington Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Alamance-Burlington Schools student-counselor ratio is 416:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Alamance-Burlington Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 42.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.