According to data recently released by the NC Department of Public Instruction, state, local, and total per pupil expenditures (PPE) increased last year.
State funding increased slightly, $38.23 per student, while federal funding dropped by over $150 per student. Counties upped their per student expenditure significantly, $191.51 per student. All told, the state’s per pupil expenditure increased by about $78 per student between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years.
These figures do not include capital spending or debt service.
| School Year | State-Funded PPE | Federal-Funded PPE | Local-Funded PPE | Total PPE |
| 2012-2013 | $5,399.64 | $1,030.02 | $2,084.55 | $8,514.21 |
| 2011-2012 | $5,361.41 | $1,181.99 | $1,893.04 | $8,436.44 |
| 2010-2011 | $5,161.73 | $1,354.63 | $1,897.93 | $8,414.29 |
