Regular local school district · Wayne County
Wayne County Public Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne County Public Schools runs 33 public schools with 17,150 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 18.1 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 33
- Students
- 17,150
- Teachers (FTE)
- 949
- Students per teacher
- 18.1
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2001 E Royall Avenue, Goldsboro, NC 27533
- Phone
- (919)731-5900
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3704880
- State district ID
- NC-960
- School counselors (FTE)
- 39.0About 440 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district18.1
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 (17,532), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $190.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $35.1 million
- State revenue
- $130.5 million
- Local revenue
- $24.9 million
- Total spending
- $181.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,361
- Salaries
- $103.8 million57.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $46.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.4%
- State: 68.5%
- Local: 13.1%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,361
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne County Public Schools
By level: 11 high, 9 middle, 13 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brogden Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 603 | 21.5 |
| Brogden Primary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 689 | 16.0 |
| Carver Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 495 | 14.1 |
| Carver Heights Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 407 | 16.3 |
| Charles B Aycock High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,138 | 27.1 |
| Dillard Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 319 | 16.8 |
| Eastern Wayne Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 597 | 21.3 |
| Eastern Wayne High | High | 9 to 12 | 781 | 19.0 |
| Eastern Wayne Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 427 | 19.4 |
| Edgewood Cmty Developmental | High | 9 to 12 | 38 | 12.7 |
| Fremont STARS Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 535 | 15.7 |
| Goldsboro High | High | 9 to 12 | 412 | 19.6 |
| Grantham Elementary | Elementary | K to 4 | 442 | 17.7 |
| Grantham Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 301 | 18.8 |
| Greenwood Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 402 | 16.8 |
| Meadow Lane Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 674 | 15.3 |
| Mount Olive Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 329 | 19.4 |
| North Drive Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 498 | 16.6 |
| Northeast Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 497 | 16.0 |
| Northwest Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 559 | 17.5 |
| Norwayne Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 848 | 19.7 |
| Rosewood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 650 | 19.1 |
| Rosewood High | High | 9 to 12 | 460 | 21.9 |
| Rosewood Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 302 | 15.9 |
| Southern Wayne High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,007 | 24.6 |
| Spring Creek Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 804 | 15.2 |
| Spring Creek High | High | 9 to 12 | 732 | 23.6 |
| Spring Creek Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 571 | 16.8 |
| Tommy's Road Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 545 | 16.5 |
| Wayne Early / Middle College High | High | 9 to 13 | 239 | 26.6 |
| Wayne Middle / High Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 92 | 15.3 |
| Wayne School of Engineering | High | 6 to 13 | 486 | 25.6 |
| Wayne School of Technical Arts | High | 6 to 12 | 271 | 24.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wayne County
- Wayne Preparatory 765 students
- Wayne STEM Academy 305 students
- Dillard Academy 261 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.