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Pembroke, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $11,833 per pupil, Cis Academy ranks #147 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$11,833
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cis Academy operates 1 public schools serving 113 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Robeson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,833 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.
and 21.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cis Academy, enrolling 114 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cis Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Cis Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cis Academy a distant remainder — means Cis Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Cis Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.8% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Cis Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 21.9% — 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 Cis Academy is typically wider than the Cis Academy-aggregate figure suggests.