District profile / North Carolina

Montgomery County Schools

Troy, North Carolina · Superintendent: Wade Auman · #75 of 112 North Carolina districts by enrollment

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3,587

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,710

Spending per student

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

16.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · North Carolina median 15.7

Montgomery County Schools is a public school district based in Troy, North Carolina, serving 3,587 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #75 of the 112 North Carolina districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 33% of them. Its schools average 326 students each, fewer than the North Carolina median of 446. Its superintendent is Wade Auman. It spends about $11,710 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.7 students per teacher.

How Montgomery County compares

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

Spending per student$11,710

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

Instruction spending per student$6,920

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

Students per school326

North Carolina median 446 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.7

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

Students per counselor717

North Carolina median 358 · 100% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$46.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 21%State 62%Local 18%

Measure	Montgomery County	North Carolina median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,710	$11,153	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,920	$6,920	FY2020-21
Total spending	$47.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$46.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	215	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.7	15.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	717	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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Wade Auman

Superintendent, Montgomery 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
Asheville City SchoolsAsheville	3,960	8	$14,266	13.0	#72
Bladen County SchoolsElizabethtown	3,928	12	$12,664	17.1	#73
Hickory City SchoolsHickory	3,735	9	$10,171	17.5	#74
Montgomery County SchoolsTroy · this district	3,587	11	$11,710	16.7	#75
Jackson County Public SchoolsSylva	3,444	9	$11,711	17.2	#76

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Altus Public SchoolsAltus, OK	3,593	$9,470	18.0
Norwalk Community School DistrictNorwalk, IA	3,584	$10,288	15.4
Minisink Valley Central School DistrictSlate Hill, NY	3,584	$23,435	12.1
Grandview School DistrictGrandview, WA	3,583	$14,719	19.2

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-montgomery-county-schools