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Greenville, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $19,737 per pupil, East Carolina Community School ranks #10 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East Carolina Community School operates 1 public schools serving 123 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Pitt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,737 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 14.8% local, 70.9% state, and 14.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 108:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 41.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.3% African American, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ecu Community School, enrolling 108 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ecu Community School accounts for 87.8% of all East Carolina Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Carolina Community School a distant remainder — means East Carolina Community School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
East Carolina Community School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.1% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
East Carolina Community School student-counselor ratio is 108:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
East Carolina Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 41.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to East Carolina Community School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in East Carolina Community School?
East Carolina Community School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 123 students.
How much does East Carolina Community School spend per student?
East Carolina Community School spends $19,737 per student.
What is the demographic composition of East Carolina Community School?
East Carolina Community School students are 96.3% African American, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.