Regular local school district · Orange County
Orange County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Orange County Schools runs 13 public schools with 6,982 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 6,982
- Teachers (FTE)
- 454
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 E King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278
- Phone
- (919)732-8126
- County
- Orange County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3703480
- State district ID
- NC-680
- School counselors (FTE)
- 23.0About 304 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.4
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 (7,074), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $100.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.9 million
- State revenue
- $49.7 million
- Local revenue
- $42.1 million
- Total spending
- $112.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,857
- Salaries
- $55.0 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $168.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 49.3%
- Local: 41.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,857
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Orange County Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A L Stanback Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 648 | 14.7 |
| Cedar Ridge High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,148 | 24.4 |
| Central Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 261 | 11.3 |
| Efland Cheeks Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 532 | 15.2 |
| Grady Brown Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 406 | 13.5 |
| Gravelly Hill Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 415 | 13.8 |
| Hillsborough Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 435 | 15.0 |
| New Hope Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 528 | 11.7 |
| Orange High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,161 | 19.7 |
| Orange Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 514 | 13.5 |
| Partnership Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 40 | 13.3 |
| Pathways Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 371 | 14.3 |
| River Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 523 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Orange County
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools 11,353 students
- Eno River Academy 828 students
- The Expedition School 380 students
- Carolina Achieve
- West Triangle High School
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.