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of administering these programs in accordance with the policies and the annual budget adopted by the Board <br /> of Commissioners . <br /> Education . Two separate school administrative units, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> ("CHCCS ") and Orange County Schools ("OCS"), provide public education in the County . CHCCS serves <br /> the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and a small area outside the Towns, and OCS serves the remainder <br /> of the County . CHCCS has the highest average SAT scores in the State for public school systems and its <br /> high schools have been recognized in national publications for their excellent academic performance . Non- <br /> partisan elected boards of education administer both units . <br /> The State pays for the basic minimum education program for each school administrative unit. <br /> Funding for this basic program is provided by appropriations from the State Public School Fund . Additional <br /> funding is provided by special State and federal grants . The County also appropriates funds to each school <br /> system, which provides for program expansions beyond the State basic minimum . The County has <br /> consistently maintained among the highest per pupil appropriations of any county in the State . A special <br /> school district tax is levied in CHCCS . This tax is a significant revenue source for the CHCCS system. <br /> ( See the section "Tax Information" below.) The County Commissioners have adopted a policy of allocating <br /> approximately 50% of unrestricted locally-generated revenues to public school purposes . <br /> The following table reflects average daily membership ("ADM") ' and the number of schools for <br /> both OCS and CHCCS for the past five academic years . <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> Elementary Intermediate Secondary <br /> Grades K-5 Grades 64 Grades 942 <br /> School No . of No . of No . of Total <br /> Year Schools ADM Schools ADM Schools ADM ADM <br /> 2020-21 11 45893 4 23912 3 3 ,932 115737 <br /> 2021 -22 11 55054 4 3088 3 4,206 125448 <br /> 2022-23 11 45657 4 2, 794 3 3 ,918 11 ,369 <br /> 2023 -24 11 45565 4 2, 706 3 3 ,969 11 ,240 <br /> 2024-25 11 4 3 <br /> Orange County Schools <br /> Elementary Intermediate Secondary <br /> Grades K- 5 Grades 64 Grades 9- 12 <br /> School No . of No . of No . of Total <br /> Year Schools ADM Schools ADM Schools ADM ADM <br /> 2020-21 7 3 , 047 3 15654 2 23381 79082 <br /> 2021 -22 7 3 , 040 3 15651 2 23278 6, 969 <br /> 2022-23 7 35056 3 15601 3 2,409 75066 <br /> 2023 -24 7 3 , 066 3 1 , 567 3 2,354 6,987 <br /> 2024-25 7 3 3 <br /> ADM or average daily membership, determined by actual records at the schools, is computed by the North Carolina Department <br /> of Public Instruction on a uniform basis for all public school units in the State. The ADM computations are used as a basis for <br /> teacher allotments. <br /> Source : Orange County Board of Education and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education Finance Offices. <br /> 31 <br />