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Chapel Hill, North Carolina - 20 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools #80 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,534 per pupil, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools ranks #21 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,561
Total Enrollment
20
Schools
$16,534
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools operates 20 public schools serving 11,561 students, placing it in the mid-size range in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 4 high, 4 middle, 2 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,534 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 33 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 46.2% local, 43.3% state, and 10.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #80 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 4 of 20 schools offering Advanced Placement (101 AP courses district-wide), a 343.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.0% White, 19.5% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rashkis Elementary, with a diversity index of 76.9/100.
Its largest campus is Chapel Hill High, enrolling 1,608 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Phoenix Academy High, at 27 students, a 60x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school enrollment varies 60× across entities
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 1,608 students (highest), a spread of 1,581 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.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools student-counselor ratio is 343:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is typically wider than the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 19.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is typically wider than the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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