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Statesville, North Carolina - 1 schools
At $21,500 per pupil, Success Institute Charter School ranks #6 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
Success Institute Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 95 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 Iredell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,500 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 9.5% local, 44.9% state, and 45.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% African American, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Success Institute Charter, enrolling 90 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Success Institute Charter accounts for 94.7% of all Success Institute Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Success Institute Charter School a distant remainder — means Success Institute Charter School-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.
Success Institute Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 96.8% 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.
Success Institute Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Success Institute Charter School is typically wider than the Success Institute Charter School-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Success Institute Charter School'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 Success Institute Charter School?
Success Institute Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 95 students.
How much does Success Institute Charter School spend per student?
Success Institute Charter School spends $21,500 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Success Institute Charter School?
Success Institute Charter School students are 90.0% African American, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.