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Reason report shows NC drop in teacher salaries, public school funding growth, based on inflation

by Sergio Osnaya-Prieto | December 15, 2025

North Carolina ranks 48th in the nation for K-12 public school teacher salaries and growth in public school funding per student, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation think tank, which promotes libertarian principles. The analysis looks at...

The Editor’s Notes

N.C. DPI posted enrollment data on 12/12: https://dart.schoolbusiness.ncdpi.gov/dashboard/177

Note that if you drop down the public dashboards and then average daily members dashboards, there are three different tables (B12, A1, F2) with three different total numbers. A1’s total indicates an increase in enrollment, which is different than news outlets reported over the weekend.

We’ve requested information from DPI about why the table totals are different and which one should be relied on by reporters. Stay tuned.

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