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Hollister, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $14,444 per pupil, Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School ranks #49 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
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School operates 1 public schools serving 135 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,444 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 8.0% local, 75.4% state, and 16.6% 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 140:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 16.4% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School, enrolling 140 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School accounts for 100.0% of all Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School a distant remainder — means Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.8% 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). 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.
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School student-counselor ratio is 140:1 — 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.
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School chronic absenteeism rate is 50.7% — 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.
How many schools are in Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School?
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 135 students.
How much does Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School spend per student?
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School spends $14,444 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School?
Haliwa-Saponi Tribal School students are 16.4% African American, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.