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Mooresville, North Carolina - 7 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Mooresville Graded School District #185 of 293 districts in North Carolina (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,157 per pupil, Mooresville Graded School District ranks #186 of 322 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,971
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,157
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mooresville Graded School District operates 7 public schools serving 5,971 students, placing it among the smallest districts in North Carolina. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 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 Iredell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,157 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 35.2% local, 49.3% state, and 15.4% 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 34/100, ranked #185 of 293 in North Carolina against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 496.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.6% White, 18.8% African American, 15.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Elementary, with a diversity index of 69.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mooresville High School, enrolling 1,923 students (37% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Park View Elementary, at 421 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mooresville High School accounts for 32.2% of all Mooresville Graded School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mooresville Graded School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Mooresville Graded School District school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Mooresville Graded School District school enrollment ranges from 421 students (lowest) to 1,923 students (highest), a spread of 1,502 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mooresville Graded School District student-counselor ratio is 497:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Mooresville Graded School District chronic absenteeism rate is 33.2% — 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 Mooresville Graded School District'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 Mooresville Graded School District?
Mooresville Graded School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 5,971 students.
How much does Mooresville Graded School District spend per student?
Mooresville Graded School District spends $11,157 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #185 in North Carolina.
What is the demographic composition of Mooresville Graded School District?
Mooresville Graded School District students are 55.6% White, 18.8% African American, 15.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mooresville Graded School District?
Mooresville Graded School District has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #185 out of 293 districts in North Carolina.