Regular local school district · Edgecombe County
Edgecombe County Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Edgecombe County Public Schools runs 19 public schools with 6,310 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
- 19
- Students
- 6,310
- Teachers (FTE)
- 401
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2311 North Main Street, Tarboro, NC 27886
- Phone
- (252)641-2600
- County
- Edgecombe County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3701320
- State district ID
- NC-330
- School counselors (FTE)
- 20.0About 316 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 (5,456), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $70.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.7 million
- State revenue
- $45.3 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $67.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,324
- Salaries
- $37.1 million55.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.8%
- State: 64.3%
- Local: 14.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,324
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Edgecombe County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 5 middle, 9 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Baskerville Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 225 | 10.7 |
| Coker-Wimberly Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 236 | 18.2 |
| D S Johnson Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 206 | 20.6 |
| EDGE Academy of Health Sciences | Secondary | 9 to 11 | 75 | 25.0 |
| Edgecombe Early College High | High | 9 to 13 | 171 | 24.4 |
| Fairview Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 255 | 12.8 |
| G W Bulluck Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 535 | 14.9 |
| G W Carver Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 550 | 15.3 |
| J W Parker Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 336 | 19.8 |
| Martin Millennium Academy | Elementary | K to 8 | 548 | 13.7 |
| North Edgecombe High | High | 9 to 12 | 358 | 17.0 |
| Phillips Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 118 | 13.1 |
| Princeville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 205 | 15.8 |
| South Edgecombe Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 271 | 14.3 |
| SouthWest Edgecombe High | High | 9 to 12 | 798 | 22.2 |
| Stocks Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 389 | 16.2 |
| Tarboro High | High | 9 to 12 | 496 | 19.8 |
| W A Pattillo Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 289 | 14.4 |
| West Edgecombe Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 249 | 15.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Edgecombe County
- North East Carolina Preparatory School 1,107 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.