Regular local school district · Lenoir County
Lenoir County Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Lenoir County Public Schools runs 17 public schools with 8,331 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 17
- Students
- 8,331
- Teachers (FTE)
- 537
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2017 W Vernon Avenue, Kinston, NC 28504
- Phone
- (252)527-1109
- County
- Lenoir County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3702610
- State district ID
- NC-540
- School counselors (FTE)
- 26.0About 320 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
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 (8,313), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $84.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.8 million
- State revenue
- $63.2 million
- Local revenue
- $10.6 million
- Total spending
- $89.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,782
- Salaries
- $49.4 million55.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $28.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.8%
- State: 74.7%
- Local: 12.6%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,782
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Lenoir County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Banks Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 436 | 13.6 |
| Contentnea-Savannah School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 789 | 14.3 |
| E B Frink Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 488 | 15.2 |
| Kinston High | High | 9 to 12 | 659 | 16.1 |
| La Grange Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 547 | 17.6 |
| Lenoir County Early College High | High | 9 to 13 | 246 | 30.8 |
| Lenoir County Learning Academy | Other | PK to 12 | 66 | 7.3 |
| Moss Hill Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 371 | 13.2 |
| North Lenoir High | High | 9 to 12 | 957 | 16.5 |
| Northeast Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 465 | 17.2 |
| Northwest Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 504 | 16.3 |
| Pink Hill Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 437 | 14.6 |
| Rochelle Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 517 | 20.7 |
| South Lenoir High | High | 9 to 12 | 721 | 15.3 |
| Southeast Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 326 | 13.6 |
| Southwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 218 | 11.5 |
| Woodington Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 584 | 17.2 |
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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.