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Alexander County Schools

Taylorsville, North Carolina · Superintendent: Dr Bill Griffin · #71 of 112 North Carolina districts by enrollment

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4,344

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,228

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the North Carolina median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · North Carolina median 15.7

Alexander County Schools is a public school district based in Taylorsville, North Carolina, serving 4,344 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #71 of the 112 North Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 37% of them. Its schools average 395 students each, fewer than the North Carolina median of 446. Its superintendent is Dr Bill Griffin. It spends about $11,228 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Alexander County compares

Alexander CountyNorth Carolina median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,228

North Carolina median $11,153 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,992

North Carolina median $6,920 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school395

North Carolina median 446 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

North Carolina median 15.7 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor334

North Carolina median 358 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$54.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 65%Local 19%

Measure	Alexander County	North Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,228	$11,153	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,992	$6,920	FY2020-21
Total spending	$53.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$54.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	262	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	334	358	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The North Carolina median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dr Bill Griffin

Superintendent, Alexander County Schools

Source: NC Department of Public Instruction, EDDIE, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in North Carolina

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Currituck County SchoolsCurrituck	4,601	10	$10,704	19.1	#67
Macon County SchoolsFranklin	4,469	12	$11,269	16.0	#68
Asheboro City SchoolsAsheboro	4,405	8	$10,790	14.9	#69
Person County SchoolsRoxboro	4,361	11	$11,250	17.7	#70
Alexander County SchoolsTaylorsville · this district	4,344	11	$11,228	16.6	#71

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Benicia UnifiedBenicia, CA	4,346	$10,895	22.8
Northport-East Northport Union Free School DistrictNorthport, NY	4,346	$32,896	10.8
Mascoutah CUD 19Mascoutah, IL	4,345	$33,656	15.1
Southwest LocalHarrison, OH	4,340	$9,852	23.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-nc-alexander-county-schools