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A. Districts & School Profiles <br />a. Per Pupil Expenditure <br />As shown in Table 1, both districts rank fairly high in per pupil expenditure in the <br />state. Chapel Hill - Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) rank 5th and Orange County Schools <br />(OCS) rank 17th out of 117 districts in North Carolina. Overall, CHCCS spend almost $1,000 <br />more per pupil than the OCS. The difference in local per pupil contributions comes from a <br />special property tax levied on residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. <br />Table 1. Per Pupil Expenditure and Ranking in the State by Funding Source <br />Source: *NCDPI School Report Gard ZUU6 -e_'vuz+ <br />b. District Size and Class Size <br />K -12 Enrollments <br />As shown in Table 2, CHCCS enroll more than 1.6 times the number of children than <br />OCS. <br />Table 2. Enrollments by District by Level <br />State <br />Federal <br />Local <br />High Schools <br />TOTAL <br />Enrollment <br />Schools <br />Amount <br />Rank <br />Amount <br />Rank <br />Amount <br />Rank <br />CHCCS* <br />2003 -04 <br />=$4448. <br />4,719 <br />$301 <br />116 <br />$4174 <br />1 <br />$8922 <br />5 <br />OCS* <br />2003 -04 <br />$4574 <br />68 <br />$435 <br />102 <br />$2915 <br />4 <br />$7924 <br />17 <br />Source: *NCDPI School Report Gard ZUU6 -e_'vuz+ <br />b. District Size and Class Size <br />K -12 Enrollments <br />As shown in Table 2, CHCCS enroll more than 1.6 times the number of children than <br />OCS. <br />Table 2. Enrollments by District by Level <br />Source: *CHCCS and OGS District Uttices, uecemner cwt <br />As might be assumed, this difference in the number of students served, as shown in <br />Table 3, does not translate proportionally into 1.6 as many schools for CHCCS. CHCCS have <br />two more elementary schools and four more middle schools than OCS; both districts have <br />the same number of high schools. <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 12 <br />Total <br />Elementary <br />Middle Schools <br />High Schools <br />Enrollment <br />Schools <br />CHCCS* <br />2003 -2004 <br />10,698 <br />4,719 <br />2,568 <br />3,411 <br />OCS* <br />2003 -2004 <br />6,668 <br />3,028 <br />1,598 <br />2,042 <br />Source: *CHCCS and OGS District Uttices, uecemner cwt <br />As might be assumed, this difference in the number of students served, as shown in <br />Table 3, does not translate proportionally into 1.6 as many schools for CHCCS. CHCCS have <br />two more elementary schools and four more middle schools than OCS; both districts have <br />the same number of high schools. <br />CHCCS /OCS Final Report 12 <br />