At $18,601 per pupil, Paul R Brown Leadership Academy ranks #12 of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$18,601
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School Types
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 $18,601 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 33 of 328 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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Paul R Brown Leadership Academy reports 66.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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 $18,601 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.