Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
16 <br /> LARGE SPENDING DISPARITIES <br /> CONTINUE TO INCREASE <br /> The gap between the highest and <br /> lowest spending counties has increased <br /> dramatically since the mid-1990s. Keeping <br /> with recent trends,this year's study found <br /> a slightly larger gap than in previous <br /> years:$2,523 per student,compared <br /> with$2,445 in 2016-2017,and$2,364 in <br /> 2015-2016.Orange County,the highest <br /> spending district in the state,spent more <br /> than twelve times more per student than <br /> Swain County at the bottom.The ten <br /> highest-spending counties spent over 4.2 <br /> times more($3,305 per child)than the ten <br /> lowest-spending counties($782 per child). <br /> In 2017-18, Orange County - <br /> alone spent $382 more <br /> per student than the <br /> seven lowest-spending - <br /> districts combined." <br /> LOCAL SPENDING DISPARITIES (2017-18) WIDENING LOCAL SPENDING GAP <br /> 2,500 <br /> $5,000 <br /> $4,000 COLUMBUS <br /> 2,000 <br /> GRAHAM • <br /> $3,000 <br /> $2,000 ROBESON $590 1,500 <br /> • <br /> $1,000 <br /> WAIN$434 <br /> BOTTOM SEVEN COUNTIES 1�0���q°jO �O`�p0�'�OO��Oy DO�O��O��pO <br /> If the bottom seven counties'total current spending per student were combined,they The spending gap between the top ten spending and bottom ten spending counties <br /> would still spend$380 less per student than Orange County spends by itself.(See has grown from$1,161 in 1998 to$2,523 per student in 2018.(See Table 2). <br /> Table 2). <br />