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80 <br /> County Funding Practices <br /> County funding practices have not changed amid declining enrollment <br /> • Currently, continuation estimates are created by taking the amount of funding in the current year and increasing it <br /> by an inflationary factor and accounting for state driven cost increases for personnel <br /> As current expense grows and enrollment declines, the per pupil amount increases at a faster rate than total current expenses <br /> Budgeted Change Per- <br /> School . - per-pupidpupil M 19,702 0% $ 4,367 $ 15 0.34% <br /> 2021-22 19,747 0% $ 4,367 $ - 0.00% <br /> 2022-23 18,648 -6% $ 4,808 $ 441 10.10% <br /> 2023-24 18,515 -1 /o 0 <br /> o $ 5,346 $ 538 11.19% 5.22 0 <br /> 2024-25 18,209 -2/° $ 5,666 $ 320 5.99% average <br /> 2025-26 18,029 -1% $ 5,877 $ 211 3.72% <br /> 2026-27 Mod. 17,506 -3% $ 6,225 $ 348 5.92% <br /> Budgeted enrollment has decreased by 2,196 students Countywide since school year 2020-21 <br /> Early projections from Carolina Demography indicate that declining enrollment will continue over the next 10 years <br /> Since Covid, the per-pupil amount has increased an average of 5.22% annually <br /> f. - <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 21 NORTH CAROLINA <br />