In a recent Richmond County Daily Journal article, Superintendent Cindy Goodman declared that “everyone in the district should celebrate” because the Richmond County Schools “do more with less.” Of course, it begs the question of what she means by “less.”
According to N.C. Department of Public Instruction data, the system’s per-student expenditure has increased every year for the last three years, moving from $8,406 in 2014 to $9,160 in 2016 due to increases in state education funding. The district ranked 68th out of 115 districts in per-student expenditure in 2016. It was 81st in the state two years before. (Per-student expenditure data for the 2016-17 has not been released.)
