Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?)
Readers, what’s my weakness? (financial data published by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction!)
PPE = per pupil expenditure
| LEA Name | 2015-2016
Total PPE |
2014-2015
Total PPE |
Difference |
| Alamance-Burlington | $8,517.96 | $8,317.50 | $200.46 |
| Alexander County | $8,505.53 | $8,434.75 | $70.78 |
| Alleghany County | $11,936.48 | $11,793.34 | $143.14 |
| Anson County | $10,476.36 | $10,525.67 | $(49.31) |
| Ashe County | $10,138.41 | $9,845.69 | $292.72 |
| Asheboro City | $8,866.84 | $8,974.19 | $(107.35) |
| Asheville City | $11,150.43 | $11,260.24 | $(109.81) |
| Avery County | $11,540.04 | $11,353.22 | $186.82 |
| Beaufort County | $9,559.10 | $9,317.98 | $241.12 |
| Bertie County | $12,490.06 | $12,054.78 | $435.28 |
| Bladen County | $9,418.35 | $9,380.33 | $38.02 |
| Brunswick County | $9,324.04 | $9,384.98 | $(60.94) |
| Buncombe County | $9,079.74 | $8,913.64 | $166.10 |
| Burke County | $8,512.22 | $8,478.23 | $33.99 |
| Cabarrus County | $8,026.02 | $7,912.43 | $113.59 |
| Caldwell County | $8,952.87 | $8,818.89 | $133.98 |
| Camden County | $9,380.25 | $9,206.32 | $173.93 |
| Carteret County | $9,302.42 | $9,334.58 | $(32.16) |
| Caswell County | $9,717.20 | $9,412.58 | $304.62 |
| Catawba County | $8,326.67 | $8,405.39 | $(78.72) |
| Chapel-Hill/Carrboro | $11,663.89 | $11,348.52 | $315.37 |
| Charlotte-Mecklenburg | $8,521.71 | $8,381.36 | $140.35 |
| Chatham County | $9,834.65 | $9,649.54 | $185.11 |
| Cherokee County | $10,165.13 | $9,904.63 | $260.50 |
| Clay County | $10,280.58 | $10,743.79 | $(463.21) |
| Cleveland County | $9,251.73 | $9,259.81 | $(8.08) |
| Clinton City | $8,938.48 | $8,850.78 | $87.70 |
| Columbus County | $9,498.67 | $9,251.61 | $247.06 |
| Craven County | $8,394.45 | $8,357.50 | $36.95 |
| Cumberland County | $8,265.21 | $8,405.83 | $(140.62) |
| Currituck County | $9,207.75 | $9,240.84 | $(33.09) |
| Dare County | $10,919.52 | $11,004.54 | $(85.02) |
| Davidson County | $8,020.49 | $7,789.66 | $230.83 |
| Davie County | $8,607.45 | $8,601.80 | $5.65 |
| Duplin County | $8,957.21 | $8,780.28 | $176.93 |
| Durham County | $10,556.95 | $10,633.80 | $(76.85) |
| Edenton-Chowan | $10,493.54 | $10,008.92 | $484.62 |
| Edgecombe County | $9,320.90 | $9,528.37 | $(207.47) |
| Elkin City | $10,017.04 | $9,834.87 | $182.17 |
| Forsyth County | $9,032.02 | $8,882.51 | $149.51 |
| Franklin County | $9,205.34 | $8,819.85 | $385.49 |
| Gaston County | $8,098.41 | $8,068.51 | $29.90 |
| Gates County | $11,094.15 | $11,243.77 | $(149.62) |
| Graham County | $12,397.92 | $11,856.89 | $541.03 |
| Granville County | $9,085.22 | $8,808.87 | $276.35 |
| Greene County | $9,968.32 | $9,724.65 | $243.67 |
| Guilford County | $9,326.89 | $9,371.88 | $(44.99) |
| Halifax County | $11,311.48 | $11,776.92 | $(465.44) |
| Harnett County | $8,099.31 | $7,944.71 | $154.60 |
| Haywood County | $9,357.12 | $9,281.08 | $76.04 |
| Henderson County | $8,561.29 | $8,310.64 | $250.65 |
| Hertford County | $10,689.14 | $10,515.78 | $173.36 |
| Hickory City | $8,639.18 | $8,320.71 | $318.47 |
| Hoke County | $8,654.50 | $8,341.06 | $313.44 |
| Hyde County | $17,801.85 | $17,337.64 | $464.21 |
| Iredell-Statesville | $7,974.83 | $8,177.98 | $(203.15) |
| Jackson County | $9,521.77 | $9,503.28 | $18.49 |
| Johnston County | $8,168.84 | $8,119.13 | $49.71 |
| Jones County | $13,373.08 | $12,528.02 | $845.06 |
| Kannapolis City | $9,040.91 | $8,739.74 | $301.17 |
| Lee County | $8,676.06 | $8,275.83 | $400.23 |
| Lenoir County | $8,941.68 | $8,915.72 | $25.96 |
| Lexington City | $9,850.34 | $9,724.89 | $125.45 |
| Lincoln County | $8,160.05 | $7,973.98 | $186.07 |
| Macon County | $9,503.75 | $9,020.39 | $483.36 |
| Madison County | $9,933.97 | $9,805.37 | $128.60 |
| Martin County | $10,828.17 | $10,796.84 | $31.33 |
| McDowell County | $9,546.05 | $9,104.85 | $441.20 |
| Mitchell County | $10,619.90 | $10,287.08 | $332.82 |
| Montgomery County | $10,117.04 | $10,220.52 | $(103.48) |
| Moore County | $8,698.39 | $8,442.46 | $255.93 |
| Mooresville City | $8,480.54 | $8,464.94 | $15.60 |
| Mount Airy City | $10,145.04 | $9,933.45 | $211.59 |
| Nash-Rocky Mount | $8,956.63 | $8,575.66 | $380.97 |
| New Hanover County | $9,179.51 | $9,017.86 | $161.65 |
| Newton-Conover City | $9,106.56 | $9,029.46 | $77.10 |
| Northampton County | $12,654.06 | $11,592.70 | $1,061.36 |
| Onslow County | $7,999.49 | $8,135.35 | $(135.86) |
| Orange County | $10,339.00 | $10,131.96 | $207.04 |
| Pamlico County | $12,147.53 | $11,773.57 | $373.96 |
| Pasquotank County | $9,346.25 | $9,063.68 | $282.57 |
| Pender County | $8,517.30 | $8,273.91 | $243.39 |
| Perquimans County | $10,783.96 | $10,635.55 | $148.41 |
| Person County | $9,185.20 | $8,941.35 | $243.85 |
| Pitt County | $8,674.38 | $8,382.07 | $292.31 |
| Polk County | $11,884.02 | $11,594.92 | $289.10 |
| Randolph County | $8,166.45 | $7,915.10 | $251.35 |
| Richmond County | $9,160.39 | $8,820.08 | $340.31 |
| Roanoke Rapids City | $9,277.78 | $9,045.17 | $232.61 |
| Robeson County | $8,942.89 | $9,074.26 | $(131.37) |
| Rockingham County | $8,795.42 | $8,784.11 | $11.31 |
| Rowan-Salisbury | $8,578.41 | $8,501.65 | $76.76 |
| Rutherford County | $9,247.97 | $9,208.92 | $39.05 |
| Sampson County | $8,853.83 | $8,863.74 | $(9.91) |
| Scotland County | $10,347.66 | $10,094.29 | $253.37 |
| Stanly County | $8,336.01 | $8,370.83 | $(34.82) |
| STATE TOTAL | $8,887.56 | $8,784.34 | $103.22 |
| Stokes County | $9,567.70 | $9,361.28 | $206.42 |
| Surry County | $8,841.14 | $8,595.54 | $245.60 |
| Swain County | $11,490.30 | $11,131.62 | $358.68 |
| Thomasville City | $10,209.68 | $10,101.74 | $107.94 |
| Transylvania County | $10,491.70 | $10,417.51 | $74.19 |
| Tyrrell County | $15,153.68 | $14,786.87 | $366.81 |
| Union County | $8,114.22 | $8,165.44 | $(51.22) |
| Vance County | $10,116.62 | $9,810.22 | $306.40 |
| Wake County | $8,536.32 | $8,362.90 | $173.42 |
| Warren County | $11,436.56 | $11,251.92 | $184.64 |
| Washington County | $12,188.87 | $12,171.72 | $17.15 |
| Watauga County | $10,031.30 | $10,029.62 | $1.68 |
| Wayne County | $8,560.08 | $8,196.94 | $363.14 |
| Weldon City | $14,230.68 | $13,768.32 | $462.36 |
| Whiteville City | $9,856.72 | $9,878.78 | $(22.06) |
| Wilkes County | $8,799.84 | $8,677.17 | $122.67 |
| Wilson County | $8,515.65 | $8,467.67 | $47.98 |
| Yadkin County | $9,227.72 | $8,937.59 | $290.13 |
| Yancey County | $10,730.22 | $10,178.33 | $551.89 |
