Regular local school district · Brunswick County
Brunswick County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Brunswick County Schools runs 20 public schools with 13,561 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 20
- Students
- 13,561
- Teachers (FTE)
- 884
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 35 Referendum Drive, Bolivia, NC 28422
- Phone
- (910)406-5100
- County
- Brunswick County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700420
- State district ID
- NC-100
- School counselors (FTE)
- 31.0About 437 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
North Carolina16.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,124), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $185.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.9 million
- State revenue
- $86.7 million
- Local revenue
- $82.2 million
- Total spending
- $186.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,358
- Salaries
- $84.0 million45.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $109.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 46.7%
- Local: 44.2%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,358
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Brunswick County Schools
By level: 5 high, 5 middle, 10 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 812 | 15.3 |
| Bolivia Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 514 | 14.3 |
| Brunswick County Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 332 | 25.5 |
| Cedar Grove Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 507 | 15.4 |
| Jessie Mae Monroe Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 390 | 13.4 |
| Leland Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 806 | 17.9 |
| Lincoln Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 738 | 15.7 |
| North Brunswick High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,620 | 18.2 |
| Shallotte Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 627 | 16.5 |
| South Brunswick High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,154 | 17.2 |
| South Brunswick Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 585 | 16.2 |
| Southport Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 413 | 14.8 |
| Supply Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 580 | 15.3 |
| The COAST | High | 6 to 12 | 96 | 5.3 |
| Town Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 702 | 15.3 |
| Town Creek Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 540 | 15.9 |
| Union Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 654 | 16.0 |
| Virginia Williamson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 610 | 16.9 |
| Waccamaw | Elementary | K to 8 | 415 | 13.8 |
| West Brunswick High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,466 | 16.5 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.