Regular local school district · Columbus County
Columbus County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Columbus County Schools runs 12 public schools with 5,440 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.7 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 5,440
- Teachers (FTE)
- 346
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2586 James B. White Hwy North Building A, Whiteville, NC 28472
- Phone
- (910)642-5168
- County
- Columbus County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700960
- State district ID
- NC-240
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 389 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.7
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 (5,326), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $63.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.2 million
- State revenue
- $44.2 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $62.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,666
- Salaries
- $33.2 million53.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.4%
- State: 69.1%
- Local: 16.4%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,666
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Columbus County Schools
By level: 4 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Acme Delco Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 349 | 16.6 |
| Chadbourn Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 233 | 13.7 |
| Columbus Career and College Academy | High | 9 to 13 | 230 | 19.2 |
| East Columbus Junior-Senior High | High | 7 to 12 | 576 | 17.5 |
| Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 394 | 17.1 |
| Nakina Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 194 | 17.6 |
| Old Dock Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 265 | 13.9 |
| South Columbus High | High | 9 to 12 | 669 | 15.9 |
| Tabor City School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 598 | 16.6 |
| West Columbus High | High | 9 to 12 | 459 | 14.3 |
| West Columbus School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 814 | 16.6 |
| Williams Township | Elementary | PK to 8 | 659 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Columbus County
- Whiteville City Schools 2,042 students
- Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville 842 students
- Thomas Academy 62 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.