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ExploreLee County Schools

Regular

Suburb

NCES ID: 3702560

Lee County Schools

Sanford, NC

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

9,168

-0.6%YoY

Graduation Rate

78.7%

-9.0%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$11,672

-41.9%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

16.0:1

-1.2%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

100.0%

+3.3%vs. State

English Language Learners

2.7%

-82.6%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

18.2%

+14.5%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.2%

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