Regular local school district · Moore County
Moore County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Moore County Schools runs 23 public schools with 13,085 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 18.0 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 13,085
- Teachers (FTE)
- 726
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5277 Hwy 15-501 S, Carthage, NC 28327
- Phone
- (910)947-2976
- County
- Moore County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3703090
- State district ID
- NC-630
- School counselors (FTE)
- 36.0About 363 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district18.0
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 (12,457), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $132.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.2 million
- State revenue
- $84.1 million
- Local revenue
- $35.4 million
- Total spending
- $130.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,460
- Salaries
- $76.6 million58.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $161.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.9%
- State: 63.4%
- Local: 26.7%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,460
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Moore County Schools
By level: 4 high, 5 middle, 13 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aberdeen Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 675 | 16.5 |
| Cameron Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 215 | 16.5 |
| Carthage Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 350 | 15.9 |
| Connect Academy | Other | K to 12 | 283 | 21.8 |
| Crain's Creek Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 481 | 16.0 |
| Elise Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 192 | 10.7 |
| Highfalls Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 293 | 14.7 |
| McDeeds Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 707 | 18.6 |
| New Century Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 602 | 15.4 |
| North Moore High | High | 9 to 12 | 605 | 21.6 |
| Pinecrest High | High | 9 to 13 | 2,290 | 27.9 |
| Pinehurst Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 584 | 17.2 |
| Robbins Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 12.6 |
| Sandhills Farm Life Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 379 | 17.2 |
| Southern Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 620 | 15.9 |
| Southern Pines Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 600 | 16.2 |
| The Community Learning Center @ Pinckney | High | 6 to 12 | 77 | 11.0 |
| Union Pines High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,462 | 25.2 |
| Vass-Lakeview Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 511 | 17.0 |
| West End Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 413 | 16.5 |
| West Pine Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 383 | 15.3 |
| West Pine Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 717 | 17.1 |
| Westmoore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 8 | 268 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Moore County
- Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaiss 885 students
- The Academy of Moore County 479 students
- Moore Montessori Community School 259 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.