Regular local school district · Chatham County
Chatham County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Chatham County Schools runs 21 public schools with 8,987 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 13.9 students per teacher is 2.4 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 21
- Students
- 8,987
- Teachers (FTE)
- 646
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 468 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312
- Phone
- (919)542-3626
- County
- Chatham County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700750
- State district ID
- NC-190
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 321 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district13.9
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 (8,832), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $128.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.7 million
- State revenue
- $62.6 million
- Local revenue
- $51.8 million
- Total spending
- $121.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,796
- Salaries
- $60.5 million49.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $133.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.7%
- State: 48.9%
- Local: 40.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,796
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Chatham County Schools
By level: 7 high, 3 middle, 11 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bennett School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 187 | 11.7 |
| Bonlee School | Elementary | K to 8 | 290 | 14.5 |
| Chatham Central High | High | 9 to 12 | 320 | 10.7 |
| Chatham County Schools Virtual Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 9 | |
| Chatham Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 113 | 22.6 |
| Chatham Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 683 | 16.3 |
| Chatham Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 513 | 13.9 |
| George M. Horton Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 414 | 15.9 |
| J S Waters School | Elementary | K to 8 | 222 | 13.1 |
| Jordan-Matthews High | High | 9 to 12 | 848 | 14.4 |
| Margaret B. Pollard Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 736 | 16.7 |
| Moncure School | Elementary | K to 8 | 176 | 13.5 |
| North Chatham Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 588 | 13.1 |
| Northwood High | High | 9 to 12 | 634 | 12.9 |
| ONE Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 35 | 7.0 |
| Perry W Harrison Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 262 | 13.1 |
| Pittsboro Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 503 | 13.6 |
| Seaforth High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,088 | 19.1 |
| Siler City Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 591 | 12.3 |
| Silk Hope School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 281 | 13.4 |
| Virginia Cross Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Chatham County
- Chatham Charter 591 students
- Woods Charter School 515 students
- Willow Oak Montessori 281 students
More in North Carolina
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.