Regular local school district · Surry County
Surry County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Surry County Schools runs 20 public schools with 7,318 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 20
- Students
- 7,318
- Teachers (FTE)
- 476
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 209 N Crutchfield St, Dobson, NC 27017
- Phone
- (336)386-8211
- County
- Surry County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704410
- State district ID
- NC-860
- School counselors (FTE)
- 21.0About 348 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 (7,291), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $82.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $14.9 million
- State revenue
- $55.2 million
- Local revenue
- $12.0 million
- Total spending
- $79.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,950
- Salaries
- $46.6 million58.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.1%
- State: 67.3%
- Local: 14.6%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,950
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Surry County Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 11 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cedar Ridge Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 14.5 |
| Central Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 502 | 16.7 |
| Copeland Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 274 | 13.0 |
| Dobson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 350 | 15.2 |
| East Surry High | High | 9 to 12 | 576 | 18.0 |
| Flat Rock Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 217 | 13.6 |
| Franklin Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 473 | 13.5 |
| J Sam Gentry Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 320 | 14.5 |
| Meadowview Magnet Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 318 | 13.2 |
| Mountain Park Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 188 | 12.5 |
| North Surry High | High | 9 to 12 | 792 | 17.2 |
| Pilot Mountain Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 353 | 15.3 |
| Pilot Mountain Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 401 | 16.0 |
| Rockford Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 335 | 13.4 |
| Shoals Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 235 | 13.8 |
| Surry Central High | High | 9 to 12 | 679 | 17.0 |
| Surry Early College | High | 9 to 13 | 296 | 37.0 |
| Surry Online Magnet School | Other | K to 12 | 121 | 60.5 |
| Westfield Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 212 | 11.8 |
| White Plains Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 328 | 14.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Surry County
- Mount Airy City Schools 1,786 students
- Elkin City Schools 1,267 students
- Millennium Charter Academy 628 students
- Appalachian State Univ Academy at Elkin
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.