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2009 - 10 School Year

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802 Washington St Plymouth, NC 27962	Washington County Schools	John D Farrelly, Superintendent (252) 793-5171

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School Size

The average number of students in schools in this district and the state.

	Elementary	Middle	High	Elementary/Middle/High	Elementary/Middle	Middle/High
District:	372	469	472	N/A	N/A	169
State:	497	657	792	412	405	237

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Average Class Size

The average number of students enrolled in "typical" K-8 classrooms.
This district also has pre-kindergarten students not included in the averages below.

	Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
District	16	17	18	17	17	19	28	25	24
State	19	20	19	20	21	21	22	21	21
* Legislation mandates that class sizes for grades 4-12 are not restricted for 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Average Course Size

The average number of students per section enrolled in the courses below at the time of testing.

	English I	Algebra I	Algebra II	Geometry	Biology	Chemistry	Physical Science	Physics	Civics & Economics	US History
District	16	20	17	17	17	---	14	---	14	16
State	18	20	20	20	18	---	18	---	18	18
* Chemistry and Physics tests were eliminated from the ABCs effective 2009-10.

Specialized Course Enrollments

The percentage of high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) course enrollments, community college and university regular academic course enrollments, and high school and community college career and technical course enrollments.

	Advanced College Prep Courses (AP, IB*, Community College, University)	Career and Technical Courses (School, Community College)
	Percentage of Total Course Enrollments in:
District	2%	16%
State	5%	15%
* AP = Advanced Placement ** IB = International Baccalaureate

Source of Funds (Amount per Student)

Public schools in North Carolina operate with funding from local, state, and federal sources. The financial support reflected in these numbers includes all expenses concerned with operating schools, including teacher and administrator salaries, textbooks, and other educational supplies and materials.

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	District	State Average
Local	1,660.34	1,946.44
State	7,892.74	5,224.93
Federal	2,835.48	1,274.82

Use of Funds

Education is a labor-intensive enterprise, as reflected in the accompanying chart. Salaries for teachers, principals, and other educators are usually the largest expense in school districts. State and federal funds are generally allotted for specific purposes, services, or programs.

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	Salaries	Benefits	Supplies & Materials	Purchased Services	Equipment	Other
Local	62%	17%	10%	11%	1%	0%