Regular local school district · Pender County
Pender County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Pender County Schools runs 19 public schools with 11,073 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
- 19
- Students
- 11,073
- Teachers (FTE)
- 616
- Students per teacher
- 18.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 925 Penderlea Hwy, Burgaw, NC 28425
- Phone
- (910)259-2187
- County
- Pender County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3703570
- State district ID
- NC-710
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 395 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 (9,560), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $107.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.1 million
- State revenue
- $68.4 million
- Local revenue
- $25.4 million
- Total spending
- $104.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,900
- Salaries
- $54.8 million52.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $79.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.1%
- State: 63.4%
- Local: 23.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,900
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Pender County Schools
By level: 4 high, 5 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Burgaw Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 236 | 10.3 |
| C.F. Pope Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 530 | 16.6 |
| Cape Fear Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 533 | 14.8 |
| Cape Fear Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 430 | 13.4 |
| Heide Trask High | High | 9 to 12 | 732 | 22.2 |
| Malpass Corner Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 513 | 17.7 |
| North Topsail Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 529 | 16.0 |
| Pender Early College High | High | 9 to 13 | 215 | 53.8 |
| Pender High | High | 9 to 12 | 648 | 22.3 |
| Pender Innovative Learning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 38 | 5.4 |
| Penderlea Elementary | Elementary | K to 8 | 468 | 14.2 |
| Rocky Point Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 403 | 13.9 |
| South Topsail Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 618 | 16.3 |
| Surf City Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 857 | 16.8 |
| Surf City Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 752 | 18.8 |
| Topsail Annandale Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 580 | 17.1 |
| Topsail High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,945 | 29.5 |
| Topsail Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 837 | 19.0 |
| West Pender Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 209 | 12.3 |
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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.