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Monroe, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $11,455 per pupil, Monroe Charter Academy ranks #174 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
Monroe Charter Academy operates 1 public schools serving 135 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 Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,455 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 18.5% local, 53.8% state, and 27.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 46.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.5% African American, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Monroe Charter Academy, enrolling 104 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Monroe Charter Academy accounts for 77.0% of all Monroe Charter Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Monroe Charter Academy a distant remainder — means Monroe Charter Academy-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.
Monroe Charter Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 46.2% — 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.
Monroe Charter Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 135 students.
How much does Monroe Charter Academy spend per student?
Monroe Charter Academy spends $11,455 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Monroe Charter Academy?
Monroe Charter Academy students are 61.5% African American, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% White, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.