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Public Schools of Robeson County, NC: schools, enrollment and spending

Public Schools of Robeson County runs 37 public schools with 21,301 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.9 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.

At a glance

Schools
37
Students
21,301
Teachers (FTE)
1,337
Students per teacher
15.9
NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
Address
100 Hargrave Street, Lumberton, NC 28358
Phone
(910)671-6000
County
Robeson County
Locale
Rural: Distant
Grades offered
PK to 13
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
3703930
State district ID
NC-780
School counselors (FTE)
64.0About 333 students per counselor.
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district15.9
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 (21,083), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$252.9 million
Federal revenue
$65.1 million
State revenue
$164.5 million
Local revenue
$23.4 million
Total spending
$244.8 million
Spending per pupil
$11,612
Salaries
$126.2 million51.6% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$4.1 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 25.7%
  • State: 65.0%
  • Local: 9.2%

North Carolina overall

  • Federal: 12.1%
  • State: 61.7%
  • Local: 26.2%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$11,612
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826

Schools in Public Schools of Robeson County

By level: 6 high, 8 middle, 22 elementary, 1 ungraded. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Deep Branch ElementaryElementaryPK to 637416.3
East Robeson PrimaryElementaryPK to 355616.8
Fairgrove Elementary SchoolElementaryPK to 529114.6
Fairmont HighHigh9 to 1278013.4
Fairmont MiddleMiddle5 to 825312.0
L Gilbert CarrollElementary4 to 549419.8
Littlefield MiddleMiddle4 to 863219.8
Long Branch ElementaryElementaryPK to 442818.6
Lumberton JuniorMiddle6 to 865517.2
Lumberton Senior HighHigh9 to 121,89416.5
Magnolia ElementaryElementaryPK to 877916.6
Orrum MiddleMiddle5 to 829415.5
Oxendine ElementaryElementaryPK to 630117.7
Parkton ElementaryElementaryPK to 859221.1
Pembroke ElementaryElementaryPK to 570316.0
Pembroke MiddleMiddle6 to 864517.4
Peterson ElementaryElementaryPK to 453915.4
Piney Grove ElementaryElementaryPK to 645215.6
Prospect ElementaryElementaryPK to 877514.9
PSRC Early College at RCCHigh9 to 1327424.9
Purnell Swett HighHigh9 to 121,58318.4
Red Springs HighHigh9 to 1286718.1
Red Springs MiddleMiddle5 to 857215.1
Rex-Rennert ElementaryElementaryPK to 539516.5
Robeson Co Career CtrUngraded150
Rosenwald ElementaryElementaryPK to 434316.3
Rowland Norment ElementaryElementaryPK to 349517.7
Saint Pauls ElementaryElementaryPK to 471016.9
Saint Pauls HighHigh9 to 121,14218.1
Saint Pauls MiddleMiddle5 to 867818.3
South Robeson Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 834415.6
Southside Ashpole ElementaryElementaryPK to 520612.9
Tanglewood ElementaryElementaryPK to 335516.9
Townsend ElementaryElementaryPK to 528016.5
Union Chapel ElementaryElementaryPK to 644215.2
Union ElementaryElementaryPK to 635116.0
W H KnucklesElementaryPK to 338215.3

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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.