Regular local school district · Sampson County
Sampson County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Sampson County Schools runs 18 public schools with 7,986 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 17.1 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 18
- Students
- 7,986
- Teachers (FTE)
- 468
- Students per teacher
- 17.1
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 437 Rowan Rd, Clinton, NC 28328
- Phone
- (910)592-1401
- County
- Sampson County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704140
- State district ID
- NC-820
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 470 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district17.1
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 (7,785), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $92.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.1 million
- State revenue
- $59.3 million
- Local revenue
- $15.3 million
- Total spending
- $90.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,574
- Salaries
- $49.0 million54.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $77.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.5%
- State: 64.0%
- Local: 16.5%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,574
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Sampson County Schools
By level: 5 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clement Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 367 | 16.0 |
| Hargrove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 361 | 15.0 |
| Hobbton Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 453 | 16.8 |
| Hobbton High | High | 9 to 12 | 467 | 19.5 |
| Hobbton Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 428 | 18.6 |
| Lakewood High | High | 9 to 12 | 475 | 16.4 |
| Midway Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 539 | 15.9 |
| Midway High | High | 9 to 12 | 726 | 20.7 |
| Midway Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 584 | 18.8 |
| Plain View Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 362 | 18.1 |
| Roseboro Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 369 | 14.8 |
| Roseboro-Salemburg Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 394 | 21.9 |
| Salemburg Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 502 | 18.6 |
| Sampson Early College High | High | 9 to 13 | 229 | 25.4 |
| Union Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 466 | 12.3 |
| Union High | High | 9 to 12 | 494 | 17.6 |
| Union Intermediate | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 396 | 17.2 |
| Union Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 374 | 18.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sampson County
- Clinton City Schools 3,015 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.