Regular local school district · Cabarrus County
Kannapolis City Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Kannapolis City Schools runs 9 public schools with 5,377 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 5,377
- Teachers (FTE)
- 355
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 Denver Street, Kannapolis, NC 28083
- Phone
- (704)938-1131
- County
- Cabarrus County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3702430
- State district ID
- NC-132
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 448 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (5,362), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $61.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.5 million
- State revenue
- $35.3 million
- Local revenue
- $14.1 million
- Total spending
- $60.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,213
- Salaries
- $33.5 million55.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 20.2%
- State: 57.0%
- Local: 22.7%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,213
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Kannapolis City Schools
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A L Brown High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,753 | 18.8 |
| Forest Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 472 | 12.8 |
| Fred L Wilson Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 415 | 13.8 |
| GW Carver Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 503 | 14.4 |
| Jackson Park Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 476 | 14.4 |
| Kannapolis Middle School 6 | Middle | 6 | 358 | 21.1 |
| Kannapolis Middle School 7/8 | Middle | 7 to 8 | 782 | 16.6 |
| North Kannapolis Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 296 | 11.4 |
| Shady Brook Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 322 | 14.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cabarrus County
- Cabarrus County Schools 35,772 students
- Concord Lake STEAM Academy 856 students
- Carolina International School 744 students
- Valor Preparatory Academy 608 students
- A.C.E. Academy 421 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.