At $11,146 per pupil, Tillery Charter Academy ranks #205 of 328 North Carolina districts by per-pupil spending (North Carolina districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Tillery Charter Academy operates 1 public schools serving 164 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,146 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half 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 13.7% local, 65.2% state, and 21.1% 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 231:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.6% White, 10.8% African American, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tillery Charter Academy, enrolling 231 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Tillery Charter Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Tillery Charter Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tillery Charter Academy a distant remainder — means Tillery Charter Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Tillery Charter Academy student-counselor ratio is 231:1 — 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.
Tillery Charter Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% — 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 Tillery Charter Academy is typically wider than the Tillery Charter Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
Tillery Charter Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 164 students.
How much does Tillery Charter Academy spend per student?
Tillery Charter Academy spends $11,146 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Tillery Charter Academy?
Tillery Charter Academy students are 70.6% White, 10.8% African American, 10.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.