Regular local school district · Dare County
Dare County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Dare County Schools runs 11 public schools with 4,968 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 4,968
- Teachers (FTE)
- 347
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3020 S. Wrightsville Ave, Nags Head, NC 27959
- Phone
- (252)480-8888
- County
- Dare County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3701110
- State district ID
- NC-280
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 355 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
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 (5,250), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $67.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.5 million
- State revenue
- $36.1 million
- Local revenue
- $27.1 million
- Total spending
- $65.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,510
- Salaries
- $37.1 million56.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.7%
- State: 53.3%
- Local: 40.0%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,510
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Dare County Schools
By level: 4 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cape Hatteras Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 284 | 11.8 |
| Cape Hatteras Secondary School | High | 6 to 12 | 364 | 16.5 |
| Dare Learning Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 39 | 39.0 |
| First Flight Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 285 | 10.2 |
| First Flight High School | High | 9 to 12 | 874 | 20.3 |
| First Flight Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 604 | 13.1 |
| Kitty Hawk Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 487 | 13.9 |
| Manteo Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 636 | 13.5 |
| Manteo High School | High | 9 to 12 | 528 | 18.9 |
| Manteo Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 383 | 12.4 |
| Nags Head Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 484 | 13.4 |
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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.