The superintendent of each of 112 North Carolina public school districts, with enrollment and spending per student.
| District | Superintendent | Students | Spending / student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County Schools Cary | Dr Robert P Taylor | 163,325 | $9,899 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte | Dr Crystal Hill | 147,299 | $10,534 |
| Guilford County Schools Greensboro | Dr Whitney Oakley | 67,620 | $11,254 |
| Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools Winston Salem | Dr Randy Bridges | 52,430 | $10,626 |
| Cumberland County Schools Fayetteville | Dr Eric C. Bracy | 49,002 | $10,286 |
| Union County Public Schools Monroe | Dr Andrew G. Houlihan | 41,404 | $9,737 |
| Johnston County Public Schools Smithfield | Dr David Pearce | 37,320 | $9,681 |
| Cabarrus County Schools Concord | Dr John Kopicki | 35,772 | $9,927 |
| Durham Public Schools Durham | Dr Anthony Lewis | 31,865 | $12,723 |
| Gaston County Schools Gastonia | Dr Morgen Houchard | 30,995 | $10,074 |
| Onslow County Schools Jacksonville | Dr Christopher M Barnes | 27,551 | $10,233 |
| New Hanover County Schools Wilmington | Dr Chris Barnes | 25,155 | $11,358 |
| Pitt County Schools Greenville | Dr Steve M. Lassiter Jr | 24,470 | $10,491 |
| Alamance-Burlington Schools Burlington | Dr Aaron Fleming | 22,661 | $10,280 |
| Buncombe County Schools Asheville | Dr Jennifer Reed | 22,452 | $11,425 |
| Public Schools of Robeson County Lumberton | Dr William Harrison | 21,301 | $10,546 |
| Iredell-Statesville Schools Statesville | Dr Jeff James | 21,017 | $9,505 |
| Harnett County Schools Lillington | Brooks Matthews | 20,095 | $9,660 |
| Davidson County Schools Lexington | Dr Gregg Slate | 17,985 | $9,233 |
| Rowan-Salisbury Schools Salisbury | Dr Kelly Withers | 17,683 | $10,804 |
| Wayne County Public Schools Goldsboro | Dr Marc Whichard | 17,150 | $10,063 |
| Catawba County Schools Newton | Dr Matthew Stover | 16,003 | $9,604 |
| Randolph County School System Asheboro | Dr Stephen Gainey | 14,994 | $9,697 |
| Cleveland County Schools Shelby | Dr Brian Hunnell | 14,504 | $10,753 |
| Brunswick County Schools Bolivia | Dale Cole | 13,561 | $11,721 |
| Nash County Public Schools Nashville | Dr Steven Ellis | 13,178 | $10,270 |
| Moore County Schools Carthage | Jennifer Purvis | 13,085 | $9,898 |
| Henderson County Schools Hendersonville | Mark R. Garrett | 12,619 | $10,038 |
| Craven County Board of Education New Bern | Dr Matthew Cheeseman | 12,152 | $10,497 |
| Lincoln County Schools Lincolnton | Dr Aaron Allen | 11,710 | $9,430 |
| Burke County Schools Morganton | Dr Michael Swan | 11,667 | $10,046 |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Chapel Hill | Dr Rodney Trice | 11,353 | $14,165 |
| Rockingham County Schools Eden | Dr Charles W Perkins | 11,114 | $10,432 |
| Pender County Schools Burgaw | Dr William Breedlove | 11,073 | $10,109 |
| Caldwell County Schools Lenoir | Dr Thomas Howell | 10,667 | $10,277 |
| Wilson County Schools Wilson | Dr Ben Williams | 10,451 | $10,619 |
| Duplin County Schools Kenansville | Daren Tyndall | 9,822 | $9,896 |
| Lee County Schools Sanford | Dr Christopher P Dossenbach | 9,168 | $10,046 |
| Chatham County Schools Pittsboro | Dr Colin Kelly Batten Jr | 8,987 | $11,480 |
| Stanly County Schools Albemarle | Dr Jarrod Dennis | 8,743 | $10,066 |
| Hoke County Schools Raeford | Dr Kenneth Spells | 8,732 | $10,406 |
| Wilkes County Schools North Wilkesboro | Dr Westley Wood | 8,547 | $10,776 |
| Lenoir County Public Schools Kinston | M Brent Williams | 8,331 | $10,366 |
| Sampson County Schools Clinton | Dr Jamie S King | 7,986 | $10,767 |
| Franklin County Schools Louisburg | Dr Nakia Hardy | 7,978 | $10,538 |
| Carteret County Public Schools Beaufort | Richard Paylor | 7,847 | $11,366 |
| Rutherford County Schools Forest City | Dr David Sutton | 7,394 | $11,543 |
| Surry County Schools Dobson | Dr Steven Hall | 7,318 | $10,586 |
| Orange County Schools Hillsborough | Dr Danielle Jones | 6,982 | $13,042 |
| Richmond County Schools Hamlet | Dr Joe Ferrell | 6,504 | $10,999 |
| Haywood County Schools Waynesville | Dr Trevor Putnam | 6,476 | $11,153 |
| Granville County Schools Oxford | Dr Stan Winborne | 6,402 | $10,431 |
| Edgecombe County Public Schools Tarboro | Dr Andrew Bryan | 6,310 | $11,896 |
| Davie County Schools Mocksville | Dr Aaron Heath Belcher | 6,116 | $10,301 |
| Mooresville Graded School District Mooresville | Dr Jason Gardner | 5,917 | $10,606 |
| McDowell County Schools Marion | Dr Tracy Grit | 5,792 | $11,393 |
| Beaufort County Schools Washington | Mark Doane | 5,601 | $11,796 |
| Stokes County Schools Danbury | Dr Brad Rice | 5,553 | $11,287 |
| Columbus County Schools Whiteville | Jesse Beck II | 5,440 | $10,806 |
| Scotland County Schools Laurinburg | Dr Adell Baldwin | 5,416 | $12,900 |
| Kannapolis City Schools Kannapolis | Dr Sara Newell | 5,377 | $11,057 |
| Vance County Schools Henderson | Dr Destiney Ross-Putney | 5,205 | $11,043 |
| Yadkin County Schools Yadkinville | Anthony Davis | 5,174 | $10,614 |
| Dare County Schools Nags Head | Steve Basnight | 4,968 | $11,742 |
| Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Elizabeth City | Dr Keith Parker | 4,760 | $11,980 |
| Watauga County Schools Boone | Dr Leslie Alexander | 4,658 | $11,376 |
| Currituck County Schools Currituck | Dr Matthew Lutz | 4,601 | $10,704 |
| Macon County Schools Franklin | Joshua W Lynch | 4,469 | $11,269 |
| Asheboro City Schools Asheboro | Dr Aaron Woody | 4,405 | $10,790 |
| Person County Schools Roxboro | Dr Rodney Peterson | 4,361 | $11,250 |
| Alexander County Schools Taylorsville | Dr Bill Griffin | 4,344 | $11,228 |
| Asheville City Schools Asheville | Dr Maggie Fehrman | 3,960 | $14,266 |
| Bladen County Schools Elizabethtown | Dr Jason B Atkinson | 3,928 | $12,664 |
| Hickory City Schools Hickory | Dr Jennifer S Griffin | 3,735 | $10,171 |
| Montgomery County Schools Troy | Wade Auman | 3,587 | $11,710 |
| Jackson County Public Schools Sylva | Dr Dana Ayers | 3,444 | $11,711 |
| Transylvania County Schools Brevard | Dr Lisa Fletcher | 3,205 | $12,470 |
| Clinton City Schools Clinton | Dr Wesley Johnson | 3,015 | $10,519 |
| Cherokee County Schools Marble | Angel C. Owens | 2,992 | $13,086 |
| Lexington City Schools Lexington | Dr Ron Anthony | 2,953 | $11,095 |
| Anson County Schools Wadesboro | Dr Brian C. Ratliff | 2,924 | $12,140 |
| Greene County Schools Snow Hill | Dr Rodney McNeill | 2,863 | $13,474 |
| Roanoke Rapids City Schools Roanoke Rapids | Dr Bennett Jones | 2,744 | $10,683 |
| Ashe County Schools Jefferson | Dr Eisa Cox | 2,676 | $12,012 |
| Newton Conover City Schools Newton | Dr Emily Shaw | 2,654 | $10,420 |
| Martin County Schools Williamston | Dr Michelle White | 2,647 | $12,927 |
| Hertford County Schools Winton | Dr Jesse J Pratt III | 2,367 | $11,858 |
| Halifax County Schools Halifax | Dr Eric Cunningham | 2,150 | $14,488 |
| Thomasville City Schools Thomasville | Carmen Concepcion | 2,149 | $13,161 |
| Yancey County Schools Burnsville | Kathy Amos | 2,149 | $12,782 |
| Polk County Schools Columbus | Todd Murphy | 2,110 | $12,894 |
| Caswell County Schools Yanceyville | Lance Stokes | 2,098 | $11,161 |
| Madison County Schools Marshall | Lisa Gahagan | 2,063 | $12,372 |
| Whiteville City Schools Whiteville | Dr Jonathan Williams | 2,042 | $11,967 |
| Camden County Schools Camden | Dr Brandon Ratliff | 1,918 | $11,025 |
| Swain County Schools Bryson City | Dr Brandon Sutton | 1,872 | $12,267 |
| Mount Airy City Schools Mount Airy | Dr Phillip Brown | 1,786 | $11,205 |
| Perquimans County Schools Hertford | Dr Shawn G Wilson | 1,786 | $11,954 |
| Avery County Schools Newland | Dr Jamie Johnson | 1,782 | $13,414 |
| Edenton-Chowan Schools Edenton | Tammi Ward | 1,767 | $13,220 |
| Mitchell County Schools Bakersville | Chad Calhoun | 1,738 | $12,468 |
| Bertie County Schools Windsor | Dr Otis Smallwood | 1,708 | $14,072 |
| Warren County Schools Warrenton | Dr Carol Montague-Davis | 1,547 | $14,234 |
| Gates County Schools Gatesville | Dr Chante Jordan | 1,410 | $13,511 |
| Alleghany County Schools Sparta | Missey Weaver | 1,352 | $13,179 |
| Clay County Schools Hayesville | Melissa Godfrey | 1,322 | $12,636 |
| Elkin City Schools Elkin | Dr Jennifer Hall | 1,267 | $10,909 |
| Northampton County Schools Jackson | Dr Rosa S Atkins | 1,251 | $17,323 |
| Pamlico County Schools Bayboro | Dr Jeremy B Johnson | 1,130 | $14,996 |
| Graham County Schools Robbinsville | Robert Moody | 1,096 | $13,937 |
| Washington County Schools Plymouth | Dr David O. White | 1,024 | $14,416 |
| Jones County Schools Trenton | Dr Bryce Marquis | 1,016 | $15,142 |
Names: NC Department of Public Instruction, EDDIE, checked 2026-10-05. Spending: NCES school district finance survey via the Urban Institute. Districts are listed by enrollment. Spot a change? Tell us, and follow hires and departures on the moves tracker.