Charter agency · Burke County
The New Dimensions School, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
The New Dimensions School runs 1 public school with 569 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is 1.3 lower than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 569
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 550 Lenoir Road, Morganton, NC 28655
- Phone
- (828)437-5753
- County
- Burke County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 3700118
- State district ID
- NC-12A
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 569 students per counselor.
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
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 (386), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $148,000
- State revenue
- $2.7 million
- Local revenue
- $762,000
- Total spending
- $4.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,544
- Salaries
- $1.9 million46.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 75.0%
- Local: 20.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,544
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in The New Dimensions School
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| New DimensionsCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 569 | 15.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Burke County
- Burke County Schools 11,667 students
- NC School for the Deaf 64 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.