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Elizabethtown, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $20,664 per pupil, Paul R Brown Leadership Academy ranks #7 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
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 148 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 Bladen County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,664 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 6.9% local, 50.3% state, and 42.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 199:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 0.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.2% African American, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% White across the district's schools.
Paul R. Brown Leadership Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Paul R Brown Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paul R Brown Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means Paul R Brown Leadership Academy-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.
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.2% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 0.5% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Paul R Brown Leadership Academy'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 Paul R Brown Leadership Academy?
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does Paul R Brown Leadership Academy spend per student?
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy spends $20,664 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Paul R Brown Leadership Academy?
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy students are 43.2% African American, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.