School District Profile

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Henderson County Board of Public Education HendersonCounty,NorthCarolina Ervin W. Bazzle, Chairman Mary Louise Corn, Vice Chair Colby Coren Lisa T. Edwards Amy Lynn Holt Joshua D. Houston Rick R. Wood David L. Jones, Superintendent Henderson County Public Schools 414 Fourth Avenue West Hendersonville, North Carolina 28739-4261 The purpose of this document is to provide a profile of the Henderson County Public Schools and how it compares to school districts across the state of similar size and surrounding school districts. Data have been utilized from a variety of sources in order to give a comprehensive perspective of the school district. The Henderson County Public School District continues to have a reputation as being one of the top school districts in the state of North Carolina. The success of our school district is due to our hardworking professionals, our parents, our students, and the support of our community. It is our People who make a difference. It is the policy of the Henderson County Public School System not to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnic origin, sex or disability in its educational programs, activities, or employment policies.

Table of Contents Mission Statement, Vision Statement, Core Values, Strategic Plan, And Guiding Principle Page 1 School District Size Page 2 Average Daily Membership Page 3 School Size and Average Class Size Page 4 Average Course Size and School District Percentage of Needy Students 2010 Census on Poverty Page 5 Page 6 Student Academic Performance Page 7 SAT Page 7 End-of-Grade Assessments Page 8 End-of-Course Assessments and ACT Composite ACT WorkKeys and Career & Technical Education Post-Assessments Page 10 Page 11 Annual Measureable Objectives Page 12 Dropout Events and Rates Page 13 4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate Migrant Education Page 15 Page 16 English as a Second Language Page 17 School District Workforce Page 18 National Trend in U.S. Public Schools 2013-14 Full Time Personnel by Category Page 20 Page 21 Teacher Quality and Experience Page 24 Local Salary Supplement Total Square Footage and Total Acreage Page 25 Page 26 Transportation Page 26 Technology Page 26 School Funding Page 27 Current Expense Page 27 Capital Outlay Page 29 Special Purpose Allotments: Small County, Low Wealth, Lottery Page 30 Henderson County Appropriations Page 31 Summary Page 33

Mission Statement Henderson County Public Schools will provide all students the opportunity to learn and the encouragement to succeed in a safe environment. We will honor the individual and nurture the potential of all children. Vision Statement Every student will achieve success and graduate as a life-long learner, globally competitive, prepared for career, college, and life. Core Values We are here for the children we serve. We value each child. We value the development of the whole child. We value a safe, supportive, and caring learning environment. We value respect, honesty, and integrity. We value the commitment of quality employees. We value effective learning through high-quality instruction. We value the pursuit of excellence. Strategic Plan Goal I: Focus on Every Child Objective A: Create significantly higher levels of expectations for each child. Objective B: Close the performance gap for underperforming students. Objective C: Support the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of every child. Objective D: Lower class size. Goal II: Prepare Students to be Globally Competitive in the 21 st Century Objective A: Embed emerging technology into teaching and learning. Objective B: Prepare students to communicate effectively in a constantly changing global environment. Objective C: Develop financial, economic, business, and entrepreneurial literacy. Objective D: Develop an understanding of the implications of local and global civic decisions. Objective E: Develop life skills essential to success in a diverse and global society. Goal III: Provide an Effective Teaching and Learning Environment Objective A: Provide sufficient, quality personnel. Objective B: Provide a variety of instructional and assessment methods to meet the diverse needs of our students. Objective C: Provide technology resources to support the Standard Course of Study. Objective D: Promote home and school collaboration. Goal IV: Focus on Building Positive Community Relationships Objective A: Make the schools the centers of the community. Objective B: Build positive relationships and partnerships with the community. Goal V: Maintain Safe, Quality Energy-Efficient Facilities Objective A: Maintain all schools at a size that promotes a safe environment and that promotes learning for all students. Objective B: Continue the plan for preventive maintenance, future construction and renovation; incorporating innovative technology. Guiding Principle The success of a child is the result of a collaborative partnership of school, child, parents and community.

School District Size HCPS is the 27 th largest School System in the state of North Carolina The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction provides leadership to 115 local public school districts and over 100 charter schools serving over 1.5 million students in kindergarten through high school graduation. The agency places school districts in three size categories: large, medium and small, based on their average daily membership. The Average Daily Membership (ADM) is the sum of the number of days in membership for all students in individual Local Education Agencies (s), divided by the number of school days in the term. The Henderson County Public School District is included in the large school district category and ranks 27 th out of the 115 local education agencies and 2 nd in Western North Carolina behind Buncombe County Schools. Henderson County Public Schools is the largest employer in Henderson County and has the largest budget. The School District is made up of 23 schools; 13 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools, 1 early college and 1 education center. In 2004-05 our school district had a 20-day membership of 12,419 students, which has now grown to 13,684 students. Throughout this document comparisons will be made to neighboring school districts, as well as to similar size school districts across the state. On the next page you can see the trend of growth for Henderson County Public Schools and our comparative group of school districts. While there continues to be growth in the Henderson County Public Schools, the growth has flattened over the last few years.!!!!!! 27th NAME 2014-15 ADM RANK Wake County Schools 153,506 1 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 143,865 2 Guilford County Schools 71,294 3 Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 53,693 4 Cumberland County Schools 50,423 5 Union County Public Schools 41,244 6 Johnston County Schools 34,149 7 Durham Public Schools 33,258 8 Gaston County Schools 31,210 9 Cabarrus County Schools New Hanover County Schools 30,576 25,896 10 11 Onslow County Schools 25,501 12 Buncombe County Schools 24,921 13 Pitt County Schools 23,743 14 Public Schools of Robeson County 23,395 15 Alamance-Burlington Schools 22,514 16 Iredell-Statesville Schools 20,849 17 Harnett County Schools 20,241 18 Rowan-Salisbury Schools 19,884 19 Davidson County Schools Wayne County Public Schools 19,642 18,919 20 21 Randolph County Schools 17,892 22 Catawba County Schools 16,691 23 Nash-Rocky Mount Schools 15,763 24 Cleveland County Schools 15,120 25 Craven County Schools 14,297 26 Henderson County Public Schools 13,684 27 Rockingham County Schools 12,983 28 Moore County Schools 12,885 29 Burke County Schools Brunswick County Schools 12,579 12,443 30 31 Wilson County Schools 12,276 32 Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools 12,064 33 Caldwell County Schools 12,014 34 Lincoln County Schools 11,592 35 Lee County Schools 10,030 36 Wilkes County Schools 9,884 37 Duplin County Schools 9,769 38 Lenoir County Public Schools 9,111 39 Pender County Schools Stanly County Schools 8,774 8,654 40 41 Franklin County Schools 8,590 42 Sampson County Schools 8,560 43 Carteret County Public Schools 8,433 44 Chatham County Schools 8,370 45 Rutherford County Schools 8,352 46 Hoke County Schools 8,294 47 Surry County Schools 8,264 48 Granville County Schools 8,017 49 Richmond County Schools 7,502 50 Haywood County Schools 7,363 52 Asheville City Schools 4,318 72 Transylvania County Schools 3,521 77 Polk County Schools 2,276 94 Source: DPI Financial Business Services, Data & Reports, Student Accounting 2

School District Average Daily Membership Month 1 Revised ADM 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 25,138 25,435 25,562 25,618 25,713 25,548 25,469 25,439 25,541 25,604 24,921 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 17,716 17,037 16,918 16,730 16,483 16,089 15,862 15,585 15,401 15,064 15,120 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 14,495 14,617 14,619 14,538 14,597 14,513 14,817 14,749 14,606 14,474 14,297 HENDERSON CO PUB SCH 12,419 12,714 13,036 13,080 13,277 13,274 13,347 13,405 13,475 13,609 13,684 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 14,570 14,523 14,335 14,287 14,067 13,862 13,691 13,537 13,338 13,132 12,983 MOORE COUNTY SCH 11,899 12,044 12,224 12,282 12,196 12,229 12,446 12,395 12,631 12,880 12,885 BURKE COUNTY SCH 14,536 14,446 14,190 14,132 13,899 13,612 13,381 13,005 12,861 12,831 12,579 WILSON COUNTY SCH 12,386 12,524 12,499 12,522 12,542 12,350 12,113 12,133 12,332 12,463 12,276 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 12,985 12,985 13,096 13,144 13,010 12,840 12,689 12,464 12,347 12,170 12,276 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO 10,683 10,899 11,022 11,111 11,558 11,516 11,594 11,860 12,082 12,080 12,064 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 10,793 11,150 11,610 11,709 11,763 11,841 12,057 12,038 12,227 12,437 12,014 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 11,406 11,851 12,015 12,145 12,097 11,847 11,738 11,765 11,676 11,576 11,592 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 9,946 9,971 10,003 9,644 9,376 9,143 8,833 8,744 8,627 8,508 8,352 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 7,864 7,863 7,896 7,955 7,876 7,730 7,663 7,632 7,512 7,514 7,363 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 3,868 3,812 3,770 3,707 3,721 3,733 3,841 3,990 4,117 4,242 4,318 TRANSYLVANIA CO SCH 3,786 3,810 3,799 3,773 3,755 3,633 3,552 3,535 3,566 3,517 3,521 POLK COUNTY SCH 2,532 2,473 2,425 2,477 2,487 2,386 2,355 2,293 2,294 2,246 2,276 Source: DPI Financial Business Services: data Reports-Student Accounting 3

School Size The 2013-14 NC School Report Card SCHOOL SIZE provides data on school size based Elementary Middle High on the average number of students ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 432 752 652 in schools for each school district as BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 591 676 921 well as a state average. The table BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 456 717 855 to the right provides data for our BURKE COUNTY SCH 374 598 785 comparison group. It is worth noting CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 396 622 759 that school districts have different CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 503 713 930 school configurations that will CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 388 678 903 impact the school average in each CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 470 649 804 category. HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 375 598 563 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 487 774 779 A review of the table indicates that LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 366 672 880 in the Elementary School category MOORE COUNTY SCH 447 564 1312 fourteen school districts have POLK COUNTY SCH 252 539 358 smaller average school size than the ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 401 740 798 Henderson County Public Schools RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 383 681 626 with two districts having a larger TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 383 416 526 average size. In the Middle School WILSON COUNTY SCH 422 462 907 category, all of the school districts STATE 496 665 837 have smaller average school size Source: 2013-14 NC School District Report Card than the Henderson County Public Schools. In the High School category six school districts have smaller average school size than the Henderson County Public Schools and ten districts having a larger average size. Average Class Size The 2013-14 NC School Report Card also provides data on average class size. The table below provides data on the average number of students enrolled in typical K-8 classrooms. Our largest class sizes are in grades 5 and 7, which are above the state average. AVERAGE CLASS SIZE K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 20 17 18 18 21 19 19 20 19 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 21 20 21 19 19 18 21 20 20 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 19 19 19 19 23 23 24 24 23 BURKE COUNTY SCH 19 18 19 16 18 18 24 24 25 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 21 20 19 18 20 22 21 21 19 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 20 20 20 20 25 26 18 18 16 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 20 19 19 20 21 21 25 26 25 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 19 18 19 18 19 20 20 20 21 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 21 19 19 19 22 23 22 24 22 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH MOORE COUNTY SCH POLK COUNTY SCH ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH WILSON COUNTY SCH STATE Source: 2013-14 NC School District Report Card 17 21 17 19 21 18 21 20 18 18 19 20 19 21 23 20 18 19 18 20 20 20 22 20 18 18 21 19 20 19 21 19 20 22 18 21 22 22 24 21 20 20 21 22 20 21 25 21 23 22 20 26 21 19 23 22 23 22 21 25 22 17 21 22 21 21 19 25 19 14 24 21!!!!!! 4

Average Course Size AVERAGE COURSE SIZE English I Math I Biology The table to the left shows the ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 15 18 14 average number of students per BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 16 18 17 section enrolled in high school BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 20 22 20 courses at the time of End-of- BURKE COUNTY SCH 21 24 21 Course testing. The high school CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 17 20 18 course enrollment numbers for the CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 19 20 21 Henderson County Public Schools CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 18 18 16 for two courses are larger than the CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 20 22 17 state average. Nine school districts HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 17 18 17 have lower average course size in HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 20 20 19 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 21 21 21 English I, seven have a lower MOORE COUNTY SCH 20 21 16 average class size in Math I, and POLK COUNTY SCH 18 15 14 nine have a lower average class size ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 21 23 21 in Biology. RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 18 18 19 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 15 19 17 WILSON COUNTY SCH 20 22 17 STATE 18 20 18 Source: 2013-14 NC School District Report Card School District Percentage of Needy Students Percent#who#Qualify#for#Free#and#Reduced#Meals# The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) policy on free and reduced-price meals for children enrolled in the state's public schools is used as an indicator to determine needy students. Household size and income criteria are used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price meal benefits. Children from households whose income is at or below certain levels are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. PERCENTAGE OF NEEDY CHILDREN 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 47.61% 47.00% 46.88% 48.42% 49.42% 50.80% 46.95% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 59.76% 55.39% 58.96% 67.77% 61.80% 63.65% 63.13% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 38.37% 42.01% 46.75% 50.14% 53.00% 56.24% 55.98% BURKE COUNTY SCH 54.70% 53.68% 56.11% 61.40% 61.71% 62.98% 64.46% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 43.41% 50.29% 52.08% 58.32% 54.79% 59.72% 60.27% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 21.67% 22.18% 25.37% 25.61% 23.54% 26.41% 27.09% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 50.05% 50.70% 54.52% 59.02% 59.84% 64.92% 63.77% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 51.59% 51.05% 52.99% 54.21% 54.78% 58.60% 56.40% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 41.81% 42.26% 43.72% 52.07% 54.15% 54.90% 55.58% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 43.00% 44.04% 47.88% 51.95% 53.26% 54.87% 55.15% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 39.34% 42.22% 44.84% 47.49% 48.35% 49.51% 49.98% MOORE COUNTY SCH 41.46% 40.34% 43.58% 44.87% 46.01% 45.92% 47.02% POLK COUNTY SCH 50.06% 47.82% 51.60% 58.74% 56.59% 64.25% 62.64% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 49.14% 51.85% 54.96% 58.77% 59.40% 60.00% 59.68% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 56.45% 57.72% 61.81% 67.88% 68.84% 70.60% 72.15% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 43.60% 48.06% 50.46% 55.72% 57.53% 58.82% 61.78% WILSON COUNTY SCH 62.67% 56.01% 65.81% 61.71% 65.37% 64.41% 65.54% STATE 48.46% 48.34% 49.85% 53.68% 53.86% 56.00% 56.14% Source: DPI Financial Business Services: Data & Reports, Free & Reduced Meals Application Data!!!!!! 5

2012 Census on Poverty The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction also provides poverty data based on the census. The table below provides information from the 2012 Census regarding our comparison group. This information is based on the age population from 5-17. It is important to note that the information in the Needy Children table on the previous page and the table on Poverty to the right comes from two different data sources, which utilize different elements to determine their outcomes. The income eligibility guidelines for children qualifying for free or reduced price meals are significantly different from the census poverty guidelines. Poverty 2012 CENSUS POVERTY 5-17 Population % Poverty / Population ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 1,425 4,430 32.17% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 4,091 14,689 27.85% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 7,077 31,396 22.54% BURKE COUNTY SCH 3,361 14,687 22.88% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 3,479 13,495 25.78% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 1,365 12,643 10.80% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 5,476 16,577 33.03% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 4,152 16,198 25.63% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 2,034 8,347 24.37% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 3,409 16,064 21.22% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 2,647 13,763 19.23% MOORE COUNTY SCH 3,485 14,232 24.49% POLK COUNTY SCH 707 2,849 14.82% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 3,640 14,951 24.35% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 2,844 10,990 25.88% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 1,123 4,214 26.65% WILSON COUNTY SCH 4,715 14,354 32.85% Source: DPI Financial Business Services: School Allotment Section!!!!!! 6

Student Academic Performance SATPerformance HCPS#has#the#12 th #Highest#SAT#Score#in#the#State# 12th The SAT is a high-stakes assessment that provides educators an important measure of academic achievement as students prepare for post-secondary college and career opportunities. Typically, students take the test during their junior and senior years to assess their ability to reason and solve problems, and to gauge the knowledge and skills they develop in their high school course work (College Board, 2012). The maximum total score on the current SAT is 2400 (800 points for each of its three subsections: critical reading, mathematics, and writing). To compare current SAT total scores with total scores prior to 2006, the sum of the critical reading and mathematics subsections are used. The critical reading section (formerly called verbal) focuses on reading and gauges students ability to draw inferences, synthesize information, differentiate between main and supporting ideas, and understand vocabulary from context. The mathematics section requires students to apply numerical concepts to solve problems and to use data literacy skills to interpret tables, charts, and graphs. The writing section determines students ability to communicate ideas clearly and effectively, improve writing through revision and editing, recognize and identify sentence-level errors, understand grammatical elements and structures, and improve coherence of ideas within and among paragraphs. The table below provides SAT data for the last three years for the comparison group, the state and the nation. The Henderson County Public Schools continue to rank above the state and nation and in 2014, the Henderson County Public Schools had the 12 th highest SAT score among the 115 s in North Carolina. Percent Tested SAT Performance 2012 2013 2014 Total Score Percent Tested Total Score Percent Tested Total Score ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 76.8% 1586 73.7% 1586 71.3% 1601 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 46.1% 1439 45.3% 1434 32.6% 1438 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 57.6% 1538 48.3% 1555 50.6% 1542 BURKE COUNTY SCH 49.8% 1470 37.8% 1485 32.1% 1459 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 54.6% 1435 46.2% 1475 43.4% 1465 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 89.7% 1766 82.9% 1770 82.0% 1753 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 54.5% 1424 52.1% 1424 47.1% 1412 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 40.9% 1433 35.5% 1431 36.8% 1431 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 47.6% 1446 45.6% 1472 69.8% 1487 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 55.6% 1530 49.5% 1514 44.7% 1507 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 60.7% 1444 53.7% 1429 44.4% 1537 MOORE COUNTY SCH 63.2% 1467 55.5% 1497 48.8% 1484 POLK COUNTY SCH 52.9% 1512 43.4% 1549 32.9% 1485 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 55.0% 1357 47.5% 1359 43.0% 1389 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 58.7% 1381 53.8% 1317 43.7% 1357 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 55.7% 1497 46.7% 1531 45.4% 1458 WILSON COUNTY SCH 50.9% 1401 48.3% 1402 30.6% 1390 NORTH CAROLINA 68.0% 1469 62.0% 1479 64.0% 1483 UNITED STATES 52.0% 1498 50.0% 1498 1497 Source: The North Carolina SAT Report, Public Schools of North Carolina, September 2014 7

End-of-Grade Assessments Performance#of#Students#on#the#ABCs#EndEofEGrade#Tests# The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The End-of-Grade Tests are administered to students in grades 3-8. The next three tables provide 2013-14 results by. The first table provides information on students in grades 3-5. The second table provides data on students in grades 6-8. The overall table reflects results for students in grades three through eight. The Henderson County Public Schools had the 12 th highest grade 3-8 reading score in the state and the 12 th highest-grade 3-8 math score. Grades 3-5 End -of Grade Assessments Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Reading Math Reading Math Reading Math ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 70.4 67.9 67.9 68.5 67.9 70.8 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 61.7 62.5 57 44.1 53.8 49.6 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 65.3 64.1 59.9 60.4 56.8 57.9 BURKE COUNTY SCH 61.6 54.5 61 54.5 59.6 60.6 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 61 55.7 58.5 48.3 59.6 52.6 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 74.6 74.2 74.6 74.5 75.7 76.3 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 65.4 66.9 58.2 60.2 57.7 60.1 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 60.5 59.3 53.9 54.2 53.9 57.1 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 67.7 71.7 66.3 70.3 68.1 72.9 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 66.2 66.5 59.8 61.6 61.8 61.6 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 68.7 68.1 69.2 67.9 63.2 70.3 MOORE COUNTY SCH 68 59.4 61.2 60 60.2 63.4 POLK COUNTY SCH 70.9 74.6 62.3 64.1 65.8 66.9 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 51.2 54 47.5 49.8 50.2 56.8 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 64.5 68.8 57.6 57.3 56.5 51 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 71.1 70.8 66.6 61.1 58.6 57.8 WILSON COUNTY SCH 52.1 52 51 43.9 48 48.3 STATE 60.2 60.8 55.6 54.3 53.8 56.4 Source: The North Carolina REPORT CARD, 2013-14 Grades 6-8 End -of Grade Assessments Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Reading Math Reading Math Reading Math ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 65.9 58.8 60.7 57.6 61.9 47.6 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 57.1 42.8 60.1 41.6 55.2 38.5 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 61.0 55.6 61.5 51.3 58.5 50.1 BURKE COUNTY SCH 64.4 54.8 63.0 56.0 56.5 55.3 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 62.1 45.9 64.0 46.9 58.9 47.7 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 77.5 70.3 78.6 74.1 77.8 73.4 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 57.7 44.6 58.6 43.2 57.9 39.6 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 59.9 47.5 57.0 51.5 53.9 38.7 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 67.0 58.7 63.4 46.4 58.9 46.8 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 67.4 58.1 67.5 55.2 63.3 49.3 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 64.3 51.2 64.3 55.7 58.4 51.5 MOORE COUNTY SCH 65.2 49.6 63.5 50.8 57.7 46.8 POLK COUNTY SCH 74.2 67.7 69.3 48.1 69.7 61.4 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 50.7 33.1 49.8 34.9 51.2 36.5 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 55.0 41.5 52.6 40.4 49.4 34.3 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 60.7 59.9 64.2 43.6 55.9 37.4 WILSON COUNTY SCH 48.0 31.1 52.8 35.4 53.5 34.7 STATE 56.8 46.8 57.3 46.0 54.2 42.2 Source: The North Carolina REPORT CARD, 2013-14!!!!!! 8

The Henderson County Public Schools had the 12 th highest Annual Measureable Objectives (AMOs) scores in grade 3-8 reading and math in the state. Grades 3-8 EOG AMO Targets OVERALL Reading Math ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 58.1 57.0 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 45.0 39.0 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 49.3 49.1 BURKE COUNTY SCH 48.3 48.7 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 48.1 40.6 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 70.4 69.3 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 47.3 44.9 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 43.7 43.3 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 53.1 52.8 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 53.5 51.6 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 53.4 53.3 MOORE COUNTY SCH 51.2 47.1 POLK COUNTY SCH 58.2 55.8 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 38.4 36.6 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 42.7 39.8 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 50.7 46.3 WILSON COUNTY SCH 39.3 33.5 STATE 44.7 43.1 Source: The North Carolina READY Report, 2013-14 12 th The North Carolina End-of-Grade Tests of Science in Grades 5 and 8 assess the North Carolina Science Standard Course of Study. Henderson County Public Schools had the 12 th highest eighth grade science score in the state. SCIENCE Grade 5 Grade 8 80.0 58.1 64.4 79.2 68.5 78.3 73.0 71.1 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH BURKE COUNTY SCH CALDWELL COUNTY SCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 71.1 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 75.9 82.9 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 71.6 81.7 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 81.3 84.1 MOORE COUNTY SCH 68.6 72.8 POLK COUNTY SCH 75.5 90.0 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 60.1 63.6 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 68.6 69.0 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 68.3 77.5 WILSON COUNTY SCH 56.8 70.3 STATE 64.2 71.3 These tests require students to demonstrate knowledge of important principles and 78.1 concepts, understand and interpret laboratory 71.4 activities, and relate scientific information to 76.0 everyday situations. In order to align with the 77.8 curriculum's focus on inquiry, these tests have 80.0 an increased focus on processing information 92.6 and higher-order thinking skills. The first 71.7 statewide operational North Carolina End-of- Grade Tests of Science were administered in the spring of 2008. 9

End-of-Course Assessments Performance#of#Students#on#the#ABCs#EndEofECourse#Tests# The North Carolina End-of-Course Tests are used to sample a student s knowledge of subjectrelated concepts as specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and to provide a Grades 9-12 End -of Course Assessments global estimate of the student s English Math I Biology mastery of the material in a II particular content area. The North ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 72.6 69.2 57.0 Carolina End-of-Course tests were BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 61.0 58.6 57.2 initiated in response to legislation BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 64.0 66.4 53.7 passed by the North Carolina BURKE COUNTY SCH 59.1 63.3 54.3 General Assembly the North CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 62.7 63.8 57.2 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 83.2 79.6 77.6 Carolina Elementary and Secondary CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 58.2 63.4 54.5 Reform Act of 1984. Currently, CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 57.9 56.5 51.1 students enrolled in the following HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 66.2 64.3 52.9 courses are required to take the HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 61.4 66.0 67.3 North Carolina EOC tests: Math I, LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 63.5 66.2 56.8 Biology, and English II. (NCDPI) MOORE COUNTY SCH 63.7 59.1 57.7 The Henderson County Public POLK COUNTY SCH 69.6 82.0 57.4 Schools had the 10 th highest Biology ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 49.5 50.6 52.0 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 55.1 49.8 47.9 score in the state. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 64.9 65.2 65.3 WILSON COUNTY SCH 57.0 50.9 46.6 STATE 61.2 60.0 53.9 Source: The North Carolina REPORT CARD, 2013-14 10 th ACT Composite 12 th The other major college admission test is the American College Testing (ACT). The ACT was selected as North Carolina s new college readiness measure for high schools and reflects scores for the entire student population. The ACT is a curriculum-based achievement test consisting of five separate exams in English, Reading, Mathematics, Science and Writing assessment and is required of all juniors in North Carolina. The Henderson Public Schools had the 12 th highest ACT composite score in the state for the 2013-14 school year. ACT Composite 13-14 Score ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 71.6 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 59.2 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 60.6 BURKE COUNTY SCH 59.1 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 62 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 86.2 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 54.6 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 58.3 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 67.3 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 69.7 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 64.9 MOORE COUNTY SCH 67.1 POLK COUNTY SCH 66.5 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 51.3 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 56.8 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 59.8 WILSON COUNTY SCH 56.6 STATE 59.3 Source: North Carolina READY Accountability Data 10

ACT Workkeys 10 th North Carolina administers the ACT WorkKeys 2012-13 2013-14 WorkKeys assessment to all CTE ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 53.4 58.2 concentrators who complete a four-course BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 59.8 49.1 CTE sequence prior to graduation. The ACT BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 76.0 70.2 WorkKeys assessment provides a gauge of BURKE COUNTY SCH 63.4 61.6 career readiness and is widely recognized as CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 75.3 73.9 an industry credential. CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 62.3 73.0 Henderson County Public Schools had the CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 72.3 66.4 10 th highest ACT WorkKeys score in the state CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 78.4 75.1 for the 2013-14 school year. HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 64.8 63.2 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 71.4 78.5 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 70.3 69.1 MOORE COUNTY SCH 62.5 60.5 POLK COUNTY SCH 70.7 88.8 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 71.5 62.4 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 60.5 55.3 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 76.9 69.5 WILSON COUNTY SCH 61.1 70.6 STATE 67.3 67.6 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Performance#of#Students#on#the#CTE#Technical#Skills#Attainment# In grades 9-12, technical skills assessments are offered in all six-program areas for Career and Technical Education (CTE) in the Henderson County Public High Schools. The CTE program areas are: Agriculture, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health Sciences, Marketing, and Trade and Industry which includes courses of study for Automotive, Agriculture, Carpentry, Digital Media, Drafting, Masonry, and Public Safety. The post assessments are administered online using a web based management system called Thinkgate. In preparation for the post assessment, students in CTE courses are given a pretest and midterm benchmark before the final test. CTE Proficiency 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2011-12 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 81.2% 81.3% 82.4% 78.5% 81.9% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 79.8% 80.8% 83.2% 84.5% 87.2% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 81.3% 83.0% 80.9% 86.4% 89.3% BURKE COUNTY SCH 81.3% 77.4% 74.4% 80.7% 79.8% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 86.5% 85.7% 84.3% 85.8% 93.0% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 80.8% 81.4% 76.2% 73.2% 74.5% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 83.7% 83.0% 82.7% 82.8% 88.7% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 80.6% 79.0% 80.7% 79.5% 83.8% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 82.8% 80.8% 82.1% 82.9% 84.8% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 87.6% 87.4% 87.6% 88.2% 90.3% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 86.7% 86.3% 84.7% 84.9% 89.3% MOORE COUNTY SCH 77.5% 80.2% 79.2% 78.0% 80.3% POLK COUNTY SCH 86.9% 91.7% 88.8% 88.7% 84.5% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 83.0% 84.2% 84.2% 83.0% 82.6% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 84.3% 83.4% 88.1% 86.5% 91.4% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 88.4% 89.6% 87.8% 86.8% 92.9% WILSON COUNTY SCH 75.2% 80.7% 81.7% 83.7% 81.4% STATE 80.0% 80.4% 78.9% 80.7% 82.6% Source: Career and Technical Education Local Planning System for State & Federal Accountability 11

The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) became effective July 2007. This legislation identified eight targets as performance indicators. The area of technical skills attainment is one of the performance indicators and the data reflects CTE students performance on the end-of-course assessments in Elements. The NC DPI has set the goal of 81.0% of students in CTE courses who demonstrate proficiency as assessed by the technical skills attainment indicator or who earn the industry recognized credentials for the program area by the end of the 2014-15 school year. The above table shows the percent of students who demonstrated proficiency based on the overall technical skills attainment data for all CTE courses since 2008-09, which is the first year for official data collection under Perkins IV. Our comparison group includes s that may differ in size but have similar demographics to HCPS students who are assessed by CTE post assessments. Henderson County students have consistently been in the top ten percent of s in North Carolina and rank consistently in the top four for our comparison group. The 2012-13 graduation rate for CTE students in the Henderson County Public Schools was 95.7%. The state rate for CTE students in 2012-13 was 93.7% Annual Measureable Objectives AMOs 5 2013-14 th Annual Measureable Objectives (AMOs) is defined as a ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 81.8 series of performance targets that states, school BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 71.9 districts, and specific subgroups within their schools BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 76.2 BURKE COUNTY SCH 79.8 must achieve each year to meet the federal CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 84.8 requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 90.2 The Henderson County Public Schools had the 5 th CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 76.3 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 78.1 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 78.2 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 92.9 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 87.3 MOORE COUNTY SCH 73.4 POLK COUNTY SCH 93.5 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 51.9 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 62.3 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 85.0 WILSON COUNTY SCH 72.1 STATE 55.2 highest AMO score in the state of North Carolina. 12

Dropout Events and Rates For!the!2012,13!school! year,!henderson!county! Public!Schools!had!the! 13 th!lowest!dropout!rate! among!the!115!public! school!districts!across! the!state.!(9,12)! Dropouts are reported for each Local Educational Agency () and charter school in the state, and event dropout rates are computed. The event dropout rate, or simply the dropout rate, is the number of students in a particular grade span dropping out in one year, divided by a measure of the total students in that particular grade span. Rates are calculated for grades 7-13 and 9-12. The event rates are also referred to as duplicate rates, since a single individual may be counted as a dropout more than once if he or she drops out of school in multiple years. However, no student who drops out is counted more than once each year. For the purposes of this analysis, dropouts do not include students below the compulsory school age or students in Pre-kindergarten or Kindergarten. A dropout is defined by State Board policy (HSP-Q-001) as any student who leaves school for any reason before graduation or completion of a program of studies without transferring to another elementary or secondary school. For reporting purposes, a dropout is a student who was enrolled at some time during the previous school year, but who was not enrolled (and who does not meet reporting exclusions) on day 20 of the current school year. Schools that cannot document a former student s enrollment in a U.S. school must report that student as a dropout. An exception is made for students who are known to have left the country. The tables below provide dropout data for our comparison group for the last six years. The first table provides data for grades 7-13 and the second table provides data for grades 9-12. Grades 7-13 Dropout Rate 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 3.87 3.48 3.33 2.43 2.10 1.81 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 3.60 2.97 2.89 2.40 2.50 2.06 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 3.13 3.20 2.93 2,42 2.14 1.89 BURKE COUNTY SCH 2.91 1.42 1.81 1.50 1.38 1.03 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 3.80 3.28 2.65 2.71 1.92 1.28 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 1.04 0.95 0.65 0.79 0.72 0.40 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 4.81 4.24 3.43 3.29 2.45 1.81 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 3.09 2.45 2.32 1.45 1.44 1.54 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 4.19 2.66 2.20 1.85 2.24 0.98 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 3.04 2.17 1.70 1.50 1.70 1.05 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 3.03 2.99 2.27 2.32 1.94 1.66 MOORE COUNTY SCH 2.89 2.24 2.40 1.61 1.96 1.82 POLK COUNTY SCH 3.30 2.66 1.65 2.22 2.30 1.59 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 4.49 3.29 3.57 3.18 2.67 2.73 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 4.33 3.46 2.88 3.27 2.89 3.03 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 3.53 2.82 2.45 1.98 1.85 1.35 WILSON COUNTY SCH 4.05 4.18 3.77 3.59 2.83 2.58 STATE 3.43 2.93 2.55 2.33 2.02 1.64 Source: NCDPI, Research and Evaluation, Annual Reports, Grade 7-13 Dropout Counts and Rates 13

Grades 9-12 Dropout Rate 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 5.34 4.80 4.60 3.24 2.92 2.53 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 5.22 4.29 4.19 3.50 3.69 3.09 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 4.53 4.65 4.24 3.50 3.13 2.84 BURKE COUNTY SCH 4.33 2.11 2.65 2.22 2.03 1.53 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 5.60 4.83 3.93 4.02 2.89 1.93 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 1.53 1.40 0.95 1.19 1.02 0.60 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 6.76 5.98 4.92 4.81 3.56 2.67 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 4.56 3.61 3.41 2.13 2.13 2.33 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 6.23 3.96 3.26 2.81 3.36 1.48 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 4.41 3.17 2.57 2.28 2.58 1.52 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 4.44 4.27 3.32 3.39 2.85 2.46 MOORE COUNTY SCH 4.29 3.33 3.54 2.40 2.96 2.73 POLK COUNTY SCH 4.87 3.87 2.41 3.25 3.32 2.32 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 6.39 4.78 5.15 4.58 3.89 3.89 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 6.27 5.04 4.12 4.67 4.22 4.52 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 5.04 4.19 3.62 2.92 2.73 1.97 WILSON COUNTY SCH 5.51 5.43 4.87 4.53 3.75 3.43 STATE 4.97 4.27 3.75 3.43 3.01 2.45 Source: NCDPI, Consolidated Data Report, 2012-13 14

4-Year Cohort Graduation Rate The North Carolina Four-Year Cohort Graduation Rate reflects the percentage of ninth graders (their cohort) who graduated from high school four years later. For the 2013-14 school year, the Henderson County Public Schools had the 16 th highest graduation rate. 4 -Year Cohort Graduation Rate 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 68.7% 73.8% 73.7% 80.7% 85.9% 81.6% 86.5% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 72.5% 74.8% 76.2% 79.2% 83.8% 85.7% 82.1% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 72.1% 74.0% 73.1% 77.9% 80.0% 80.3% 83.2% BURKE COUNTY SCH 69.8% 75.8% 80.5% 85.0% 84.9% 87.9% 90.8% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 68.5% 72.5% 75.3% 81.4% 84.6% 89.4% 90.9% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 87.9% 88.3% 89.0% 88.3% 90.0% 92.6% 90.8% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 67.9% 66.0% 71.8% 73.2% 77.7% 83.3% 85.0% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 75.2% 75.7% 76.2% 80.9% 85.6% 86.0% 85.5% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 75.7% 71.9% 76.7% 79.3% 79.3% 81.9% 84.0% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 79.4% 79.3% 79.0% 82.9% 84.9% 88.0% 89.5% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 79.8% 77.8% 80.1% 81.6% 86.4% 86.4% 87.9% MOORE COUNTY SCH 73.1% 71.5% 80.2% 72.3% 83.4% 81.7% 88.1% POLK COUNTY SCH 76.6% 82.1% 86.0% 87.2% 89.7% 82.6% 82.9% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 65.8% 68.0% 72.9% 72.4% 76.0% 76.3% 75.5% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 68.7% 64.0% 67.1% 69.0% 73.3% 77.7% 78.6% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 73.0% 76.7% 78.9% 78.0% 82.2% 86.0% 79.9% WILSON COUNTY SCH 54.8% 58.2% 64.9% 69.1% 72.6% 79.7% 77.8% STATE 70.3% 71.8% 74.2% 77.9% 80.4% 82.5% 83.8% Source: NCDPI, Accountability Services, Cohort Graduation Rates 15

English as a Second Language The purpose of the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program is to provide English language instruction and academic support for non-native English speaking students with identified Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The program is a content-based English-only program and meets federal and state requirements for identification and service delivery. Instruction is provided at all 23 Henderson County Public Schools through sitebased programs and may include direct instruction, co-teaching in traditional LEP Percentage 2013-14 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 1.89% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 3.76% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 6.46% BURKE COUNTY SCH 7.75% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 2.60% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 11.52% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 1.79% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 4.11% classrooms, sheltered content classrooms, and HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 2.60% tutoring. The Newcomer Center provides HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 9.71% intensive language and academic experiences LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 3.12% for high school students attending US schools MOORE COUNTY SCH 3.47% for the first time. A Dual Language Program, POLK COUNTY SCH 3.35% Spanish-English, was started with a single ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 4.48% kindergarten class in 2012 to promote RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 2.11% bilingual and bi-literate skills for both native TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 2.02% and non-native English speakers. The program WILSON COUNTY SCH 5.15% will serve seven classes from Kindergarten STATE 6.64% through Grade 3 at Bruce Drysdale Elementary School in the 2015-16 school year and is operating at full capacity. NC DPI data for LEP student academic performance from 2013-14 show a statewide End-of- Grade average of 31.7% for the state and 40% for Henderson County. The Science 5 th and 8 th grade End-of-Grade proficiency for LEP students was 49.2% for the HCPS and 45.0% for the state. For high school LEP students, the End-of-Course statewide average was 49.9% and the Henderson County Public Schools average was 49.1%. Within the comparison group, Henderson County Public Schools has the third highest number of identified LEP students, as shown in the table below. Limited English Proficient Count 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 143 105 109 95 93 80 88 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 601 565 539 478 473 469 491 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 2,122 1,963 1,839 1,759 1,720 1,649 1,584 BURKE COUNTY SCH 1,318 1,146 1,051 1,022 1,024 993 1,056 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 519 482 416 379 350 317 350 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 1,710 1,513 1,430 1,467 1,437 1,400 1,445 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 318 309 291 285 256 270 245 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 614 612 663 698 686 593 520 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 182 207 166 184 190 194 203 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 1,546 1,484 1,356 1,325 1,276 1,314 1,393 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 643 534 428 405 366 361 362 MOORE COUNTY SCH 654 609 572 505 475 448 429 POLK COUNTY SCH 140 161 119 114 93 76 70 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 794 761 701 692 640 588 587 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 288 252 236 225 186 180 160 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 74 55 62 68 73 71 67 WILSON COUNTY SCH 831 795 775 798 681 638 717 STATE 118,573 111,925 106,414 104,524 100,385 99,542 102,983 Source: NCDPI, LEP Headcount Data, 2002-2009 and LEP Headcount Data, 2010-2013 16

School District Workforce Personnel makes up the largest part of any school district budget. With limited resources it is important to determine the best way to allocate funds to provide the best possible educational services for students. The state provides personnel through a variety of allotments. The largest single allotment is for classroom teachers and it is responsible for 46.5 percent of all funds controlled by all state allotments (Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., 2010). The workforce across the state of North Carolina is broken down into a variety of categories. On page 18, you will find the breakdown of workforce for the Henderson County Public Schools. The largest segment of our workforce is made up of positions involved with instruction, which is consistent with the national trend. On page 19 you will find two charts that provide a visual of the Henderson County Public Schools and data from the U.S. Department of Education. Teachers make up 54.72 percent of our workforce is made up of teachers, with 15.34 percent being teacher assistants. This compares to the national trend of 51 percent teachers and 12 percent instructional aides. Tables on pages 20-22 provide correlations among the comparison group, based on the most recent data available for all districts, 2011-12. The table has been sorted based on the percentage of full time personnel for each category. In regards to teachers, Henderson County Public Schools has the 5 th highest percentage of full time personnel. In the Principal category, Henderson County Public Schools ranked 12 th, while our district was 15 th in the Assistant Principal category. 17

School District Workforce Breakdown of workforce by categories Henderson County Public Schools Workforce Classification 13-14 14-15 Percentag Total Total e of FT Full Full Personnel Time Time Percentag e of FT Personnel Full Time Ratio to Student FTP Change 13-14 to 14-15 Officials, Administrators, Managers Sr. Staff, Directors 19 1.18% 19 1.20% 723.21 0.0 Principals 23 1.43% 23 1.45% 597.43 0.0 Assistant Principals 15 0.93% 15 0.95% 916.07 0.0 Teachers 893 55.64% 884 55.74% 15.54-9.0 Guidance Counselors 33 2.06% 32 2.02% 429.41-1.0 Psychologist 10 0.62% 10 0.63% 1,374.10 0.0 Media Coordinators & Audio Visual Media Specialist (Librarian) 21 1.31% 21 1.32% 654.33 0.0 Consultants and Supervisors of Instruction Lead Teachers 8 0.50% 9 0.57% 1,526.78 1.0 Instructional Coaches 11 0.69% 11 0.69% 1,249.18 0.0 Supervisors of Instruction 3 0.19% 3 0.19% 4,580.33 0.0 Other Professional Staff Speech Therapists 14 0.87% 14 0.88% 981.50 0.0 Occupational Therapists 5 0.31% 5 0.32% 2,748.20 0.0 Physical Therapists 2 0.12% 2 0.13% 6,870.50 0.0 CTE Special POP Support 2 0.12% 2 0.13% 6,870.50 0.0 Other Professional Staff (HELP, ESL, HATS, CD, 9 0.56% 14 0.88% 981.50 SIS) 5.0 Teacher Assistants Teacher Assistants (Regular Classroom) 136 8.47% 113 7.12% 121.60-23.0 Teacher Assistants (Exceptional Children) 61 3.80% 65 4.10% 211.40 4.0 Teacher Assistants (Remediation/Title I) 22 1.37% 27 1.70% 508.93 5.0 Teacher Assistants (ESL/Migrant) 4 0.25% 6 0.38% 2,290.17 2.0 Technicians Technology Technicians 12 0.75% 13 0.82% 1,057.00 1.0 Clerks/Secretaries Clerical, Office Support 93 5.79% 94 5.93% 146.18 1.0 Service Workers Service Workers 170 10.59% 165 10.40% 83.28-5.0 Skilled Workers/Craftsmen Skilled Crafts (Transportation & Maintenance) 39 2.43% 39 2.46% 352.33 0.0 TOTAL 1605 100% 1586 100% -19.00 Officials, Administrators, Managers - Persons who exercise overall responsibility for execution of policies, or direct school operations of the school district - superintendent, senior staff, directors (includes auxiliary directors) and administrators of district wide programs. Consultants and Supervisors of Instruction - Staff members who provide leadership and expertise in a field of specialization for the purpose of improving the performance of teachers and other instructional staff. Other Professional Staff - Includes persons who cannot be properly placed in other categories (such as speech therapist, school social worker, attendance officers, attorneys, architects, engineers, registered nurse, and other non-instructional staff. It should be noted that tutors are used at a variety of times throughout the school year and the total number will fluctuate through the year. Technicians - Include computer programmers and operators, graphic artist, drafters, dietitians, radio operators, and other technicians. Clerks/Secretaries - Includes secretaries, bookkeepers, messengers, office-machine operators, clerk-typist, statistical clerks, payroll clerks, and office support staff. Service Workers - Paraprofessional and persons in cafeteria, child care, transportation, custodial workers and other maintenance crews. Skilled Craftsmen - Includes mechanics, repairers, electricians, heave equipment operators, skilled machine operators, carpenters, painters, and kindred workers. Note: 14-15 Total Full Time category does not include unfilled vacancies. 18

The chart below provides a visual of the percentage of full time workers for the 2013-14 school year that was indicated in the table on page 18. Please note that the percentages below have been rounded to the closest number (i.e. 0.60% = 1%). National Trend in U.S. Public Schools The most recent available data from the U.S. Department of Education indicate there were just over 6 million people employed in U.S. public schools in the 2007-08 school year. Public school systems devoted two-thirds of their work force to positions involved in instruction. This included teachers (51.1 %), librarians, counselors, and instructional coordinators (3.7%); and instructional aides (11.6%). Principals and assistant principals represented 2.5 percent of total district staff, and central office professionals, 1.0 percent. (Educational Research Services, Staffing Patterns in Public Schools, Update 2010) 19

The next tables provide a comparison of the workforce by similar school district size based on categories for the 2013-14 school year. The tables have been sorted by percentage of full time personnel in each personnel category. 2013-14 FT Personnel Teachers 2013-14 FT Personnel Teacher Assistants Teachers Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 755 15.33 58.98% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 397 30.43 21.12% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 890 16.26 56.91% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 271 44.91 17.81% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 857 15.32 56.20% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 114 37.21 17.17% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 893 15.24 55.64% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 85 41.38 16.57% WILSON COUNTY SCH 716 17.41 54.99% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 191 44.54 16.01% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 780 15.94 54.74% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 466 54.94 15.39% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 529 14.20 53.98% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 231 62.66 14.77% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 821 14.82 53.94% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 293 51.41 13.95% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 1130 13.33 53.78% HENDERSON CO PUB SCH 223 61.03 13.89% BURKE COUNTY SCH 838 15.31 53.44% MOORE COUNTY SCH 222 58.02 13.89% POLK COUNTY SCH 176 12.76 53.01% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 190 65.46 13.33% MOORE COUNTY SCH 833 15.46 52.13% BURKE COUNTY SCH 200 64.16 12.76% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 264 13.32 51.46% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 124 60.60 12.65% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 337 12.59 50.75% POLK COUNTY SCH 42 53.48 12.65% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 1534 16.69 50.68% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 186 70.60 12.20% CHAPEL HILLCARRBORO SCH 894 13.51 47.55% WILSON COUNTY SCH 146 85.36 11.21% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 549 15.50 46.02% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 92 125.83 7.19% Teacher Assistants Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel 2013-14 FT Personnel Guidance 2013-14 FT Personnel Psychologist Guidance Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 37 312.86 2.89% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 7 1073.43 0.71% WILSON COUNTY SCH 37 336.84 2.84% MOORE COUNTY SCH 11 1170.91 0.69% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 39 336.72 2.56% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 1 1313.20 0.66% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 73 350.75 2.41% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 6 1418.00 0.66% POLK COUNTY SCH 8 280.75 2.41% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 10 1360.90 0.62% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 35 347.71 2.30% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 3 1172.33 0.58% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 35 413.54 2.24% BURKE COUNTY SCH 9 1425.67 0.57% BURKE COUNTY SCH 35 366.60 2.23% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 11 1369.45 0.52% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 26 327.23 2.18% WILSON COUNTY SCH 6 2077.17 0.46% MOORE COUNTY SCH 34 378.82 2.13% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 7 2067.71 0.45% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 44 342.36 2.09% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 13 1969.54 0.43% CHAPEL HILLCARRBORO SCH 39 309.74 2.07% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 6 2072.83 0.42% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 33 412.39 2.06% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 7 1725.71 0.37% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 28 444.18 1.96% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 5 2434.00 0.33% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 13 326.31 1.96% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 2 2121.00 0.30% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 19 395.47 1.94% POLK COUNTY SCH 1 2246.00 0.30% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 9 390.78 1.75% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 3 3858.67 0.23% Psychologist Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel 20

2013-14 FT Personnel Librarians 2013-14 FT Personnel Technicians Librarians Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel POLK COUNTY SCH 6 374.33 1.81% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 11 385.64 1.66% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 32 377.50 1.70% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 39 656.51 1.29% BURKE COUNTY SCH 25 513.24 1.59% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 15 567.20 1.26% WILSON COUNTY SCH 20 623.15 1.54% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 16 777.31 1.12% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 15 500.93 1.53% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 10 751.40 1.02% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 23 570.96 1.51% MOORE COUNTY SCH 15 858.67 0.94% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 23 629.30 1.47% POLK COUNTY SCH 3 748.67 0.90% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 44 581.91 1.45% BURKE COUNTY SCH 13 987.00 0.83% MOORE COUNTY SCH 22 585.45 1.38% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 4 879.25 0.78% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 7 502.43 1.36% WILSON COUNTY SCH 10 1246.30 0.77% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 16 531.75 1.34% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 12 1134.08 0.75% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 21 648.05 1.31% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 14 862.86 0.74% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 27 557.93 1.29% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 10 1313.20 0.66% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 19 640.53 1.25% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 10 1447.40 0.64% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 16 723.50 1.25% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 8 1447.00 0.63% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 8 530.25 1.20% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 12 1255.33 0.57% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 16 777.31 1.12% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 8 1521.25 0.53% Technicians Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel 2013-14 FT Personnel Principals 2013-14 FT Personnel Assistant Principals Principals Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel WILSON COUNTY SCH 25 498.52 1.92% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 27 428.74 2.11% POLK COUNTY SCH 6 374.33 1.81% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 32 452.31 2.05% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 23 503.30 1.80% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 29 428.86 2.04% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 9 390.78 1.75% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 38 396.42 1.81% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 17 442.00 1.73% MOORE COUNTY SCH 28 460.00 1.75% BURKE COUNTY SCH 26 493.50 1.66% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 26 505.08 1.70% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 25 486.80 1.64% BURKE COUNTY SCH 26 522.53 1.66% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 25 525.28 1.64% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 11 385.64 1.66% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 25 578.96 1.60% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 49 522.53 1.62% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 18 472.67 1.51% WILSON COUNTY SCH 20 623.15 1.54% MOORE COUNTY SCH 23 560.00 1.44% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 18 472.67 1.51% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 23 591.70 1.43% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 12 626.17 1.22% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 29 519.45 1.38% POLK COUNTY SCH 4 561.50 1.20% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 9 471.33 1.36% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 18 676.11 1.18% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 41 624.49 1.35% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 5 703.40 0.97% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 19 654.58 1.33% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 18 671.11 0.96% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 22 549.09 1.17% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 15 907.27 0.93% Assistant Principals Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel 21

2013-14 FT Personnel Official Adm 2013-14 FT Personnel Supervisors & Others Official Adm Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel WILSON COUNTY SCH 18 692.39 1.92% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 172 70.23 9.15% POLK COUNTY SCH 8 280.75 1.81% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 96 136.79 6.30% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 16 723.50 1.80% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 36 117.83 5.42% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 8 439.63 1.75% MOORE COUNTY SCH 83 155.18 5.19% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 15 500.93 1.73% POLK COUNTY SCH 17 132.12 5.12% BURKE COUNTY SCH 17 754.76 1.66% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 153 167.35 5.05% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 26 468.08 1.64% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 74 164.46 4.86% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 17 772.47 1.64% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 57 149.26 4.78% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 24 603.08 1.60% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 67 185.63 4.70% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 18 472.67 1.51% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 93 161.98 4.43% MOORE COUNTY SCH 9 1431.11 1.44% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 22 159.86 4.29% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 19 716.26 1.43% WILSON COUNTY SCH 45 276.96 3.46% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 26 579.38 1.38% HENDERSON CO PUB SCH 54 252.02 3.36% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 17 249.53 1.36% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 24 313.08 2.45% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 16 1600.25 1.35% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 33 438.61 2.11% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 22 565.32 1.33% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 24 482.33 1.88% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 28 431.43 1.17% BURKE COUNTY SCH 28 458.25 1.79% Supervisors & Others Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel 2013-14 FT Personnel Clerical Clerical Ratio to Students Percentage of FT Personnel LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 99 116.93 7.73% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 104 119.59 7.30% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 108 121.59 7.08% WILSON COUNTY SCH 90 138.48 6.91% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 144 104.61 6.85% ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 44 96.41 6.63% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 63 119.27 6.43% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 98 147.69 6.27% BURKE COUNTY SCH 96 133.66 6.12% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 184 139.15 6.08% POLK COUNTY SCH 20 112.30 6.02% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 108 21.54 5.87% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 30 117.23 5.85% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SH 109 110.83 5.80% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 93 146.33 5.79% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 83 146.63 5.45% MOORE COUNTY SCH 77 167.27 4.82% 22

Teacher Quality and Experience The tables below provide data regarding teacher quality and teacher experience. This data came from the 2013-14 NC Report Cards from the Department of Public Instruction. Among our comparison group, Henderson County Public Schools has the 5th highest percentage of high school teachers (33%) with advanced degrees. In regards to National Board Certified Teachers, the Henderson County Public Schools rank 2 nd in elementary school, 2 nd in middle school, and 5 th in high school. The Henderson County Public Schools has the fourth lowest turnover rate in high school and the fifth lowest in middle school. Advanced Degrees National Board Certified Turnover Rate Elem Middle High Elem Middle High Elem Middle High ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 28% 37% 34% 6 16 15 13% 31% 16% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 26% 27% 23% 4 7 7 11% 15% 21% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 35% 38% 32% 7 12 14 12% 17% 14% BURKE COUNTY SCH 40% 31% 28% 6 6 9 13% 15% 16% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 30% 38% 31% 7 10 12 9% 10% 7% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 41% 40% 44% 10 10 20 16% 15% 18% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 34% 35% 35% 5 9 16 8% 9% 13% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 25% 28% 24% 5 3 6 14% 18% 22% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 29% 30% 26% 5 11 9 14% 13% 20% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 34% 30% 33% 7 15 14 11% 12% 13% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 36% 34% 27% 4 8 8 7% 11% 14% MOORE COUNTY SCH 32% 36% 32% 6 4 11 13% 20% 22% POLK COUNTY SCH 48% 44% 37% 4 8 7 13% 7% 15% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 37% 25% 24% 5 6 6 9% 14% 13% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 30% 37% 29% 4 5 10 8% 12% 10% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 35% 30% 23% 6 6 1o 8% 17% 11% WILSON COUNTY SCH 23% 19% 22% 3 3 11 15% 16% 13% STATE 32% 30% 28% 6 6 9 13% 15% 16% Advanced Degree - The percentage of teachers who have completed an advanced college degree, including a master's or doctoral degree. National Board - The average number of school staff, including teachers, administrators and counselors, who have received National Board Certification in schools with similar grade ranges. Turnover Rate - The percentage of classroom teachers who left their school district from March of the prior year to March of the current year. Source: 2013-14 NC School Report Cards, Department of Public Instruction Years of Teaching Experience Elementary Middle High 0-3 4-10 10+ 0-3 4-10 10+ 0-3 4-10 Years Years Years Years Years Years Years Years 10+ Years ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 29% 31% 40% 34% 18% 48% 9% 33% 58% BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 14% 30% 56% 22% 31% 47% 21% 22% 57% BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 19% 30% 51% 19% 28% 53% 18% 28% 54% BURKE COUNTY SCH 10% 30% 60% 24% 27% 49% 16% 21% 63% CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 15% 24% 61% 17% 22% 62% 12% 25% 63% CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 29% 29% 42% 20% 29% 51% 17% 26% 57% CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 21% 27% 52% 22% 21% 57% 19% 21% 60% CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 26% 28% 46% 20% 29% 51% 24% 21% 55% HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 22% 27% 51% 25% 23% 52% 24% 28% 48% HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 20% 27% 54% 21% 27% 53% 14% 24% 62% LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 15% 32% 53% 20% 28% 52% 17% 25% 59% MOORE COUNTY SCH 19% 26% 55% 28% 27% 46% 20% 28% 53% POLK COUNTY SCH 15% 26% 58% 14% 29% 57% 15% 15% 70% ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 16% 29% 49% 16% 24% 61% 20% 22% 58% RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 20% 28% 53% 23% 25% 53% 19% 19% 62% TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 12% 24% 64% 19% 30% 51% 20% 24% 56% WILSON COUNTY SCH 18% 30% 52% 21% 36% 43% 15% 25% 60% STATE 22% 29% 49% 24% 27% 49% 21% 25% 54% The percentage of teachers who have taught for 0-3 years, 4-10 years, or over 10 years. Source: 2013-14 NC School Report Cards, Department of Public Instruction 23

The Henderson County Public Schools have more veteran teachers than the state average, with the largest group of 10+ years found at the high school level (62%). Local Salary Supplements This salary supplement information was compiled from the Local Salary Supplement Report from the Statistical Profile. School Year 2013-14 Average Local Supplements Teachers Assistant Principals Principals ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 3,524 4,630 6,294 It provides data on the s paying BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 2,438 3,786 7,119 supplements and the amount paid BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 3,662 5,272 7,720 by s. Salary supplements are BURKE COUNTY SCH 2,225 3,317 5,240 monies paid from local funds to CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 1,674 4,797 6,541 augment the salaries of persons CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 6,441 9,638 20,820 within the. The Statistical CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 1,635 4,669 12,404 Profile provides information on CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 2,200 4,631 11,850 three categories of employees: HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 1,816 3,485 4,070 teachers, assistant principals, and HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 3,029 4,002 5,127 principals. LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 2,928 6,043 6,587 This table provides data for the MOORE COUNTY SCH 3,144 5,580 8,115 POLK COUNTY SCH 2,409 4,272 6,308 17-school districts utilized for ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 2,043 4,521 9,533 comparison. For the Henderson RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 1,100 3,600 9,287 County Public Schools, teachers TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 3,220 4,348 5,402 average local supplement ranks 7 th WILSON COUNTY SCH 3,466 4,711 5,821 highest out of the comparison STATE 3,553 6,324 11,854 group, while the assistant Source: Statistical Profile, Selected Statistics of Local Salary Supplements principals rank 13 th and principals rank next to last in average local supplements within the comparison group. 24

Henderson County Public Schools Total#Square#Footage#and#Total#Acreage# The Henderson County Public Schools maintain approximately 2,366,454 square feet of building space and 652 total acres. This includes 22 schools, (Early College is not included as it is located on the campus of Blue Ridge Community College) bus garage, maintenance facility and warehouse, central office, and the Mills River Academy. Transportation# The Henderson County Public Schools operate and maintain a fleet of 152 school buses, which include 111 regular yellow buses, 27 activity buses, 2 vocational buses, and 12 spare buses which are used when yellow buses are in for repair or routine maintenance. During the 2013-14 school year, 1,094,580 miles were traveled, transporting on average 6,317 students. The funding allotment for transportation is based on each district s: (1) eligible spending in the prior year (state and local expenditures excluding equipment purchases and salaries paid above a statewide maximum going back to a base year some time ago; (2) budget rating (based on a statistical examination of spending per student transported and the number of buses operated per 100 students transported relative to student density, average distance of students from school, elevation, and percentage of students with disabilities who are transported; and (3) adjustments reflecting ADM growth and legislative changes. Currently the state also provides funds for bus replacement using a priority system based on mileage and age. Technology# The Henderson County Public Schools maintains and supports over 11,000 computers, 900 Technology printers (650 networked), 480 2013-14 Ratio to Related network switches and 150 ADM Students Positions servers (25 virtual) in an ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 16 4,712 263.56 enterprise class network CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 34 12,138 357 environment. Nine Technicians CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 39 15,046 385.79 and a Network Engineer RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 20 8,474 423.70 support the network TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 8 3,506 438.25 infrastructure. BURKE COUNTY SCH 25 12,746 509.84 MOORE COUNTY SCH 25 12,812 512.48 In the Henderson County Public HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 12 7,421 618.42 Schools the technology ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 20 13,013 650.65 facilitator to teacher ratio is BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 36 25,341 703.92 2:884. Because of the high POLK COUNTY SCH 3 2,260 753.33 ratio, our two facilitators try to WILSON COUNTY SCH 16 12,364 772.75 support teacher growth BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 14 12,416 886.86 through additional virtual CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 13 12,060 927.69 methods such as online HENDERSON COUNTY PUB SH 13 13,446 1,034.31 training, website resources, CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 12 14,317 1,193.08 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 9 11,361 1,262.33 and offsite support. Source: NCDPI, Annual Media & Technology Report STATE 17.56 The table to the left displays information derived from the Annual Media and Technology Report submitted by Technology Departments to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction for the total number of technology related positions. The Henderson County Public Schools rank 11th out of our comparison group for technology related positions and ranged 15 th with regard to the ratio of technician to students at 1,034.31. 25

School Funding Review#of#Data#from#the#Public#Schools#of#North#Carolina# Each year, the state produces the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile. The purpose of the profile is to provide general statistical data to the public, professional educators, and the General Assembly. The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile is a collection of statistical information about North Carolina s elementary and secondary schools. One element of the profile is the review of expenditures based on membership. The total expenditures for a school year are grouped into two major categories: current expense expenditures and capital expense expenditures. Per pupil expenditure is a derived statistic that is most often quoted and compared. For current expense, the expenditure information is broken down into three distinct funding sources. The first two, state and federal, are the amounts spent for education from the budgets of state and federal government respectively. The local expenditures, on the other hand, are not synonymous with the amount expended by local county governments. All expenditures not funded by the state or federal governments are regarded as local expenditures. As such, they include all funds supplied from local governments and other local sources. Current#Expense! Figures for the 2013-14 school year indicates that Henderson County had a total current per pupil expenditure of 7,600.05 which ranked 98 th in the state. The number one ranked school system in the state was Hyde County with a total current per pupil expenditure of 16,128.21. In the Western North Carolina region, Asheville City had the highest total current per pupil expenditure of 10,780.91, which ranks 9 th in the state. In the 2013-14 school year the statewide average for total per-pupil expenditure is 7,997.02. The table below provides data for the comparison group broken down by state, federal, and local. School Year 2013-14 PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE RANKING State Rank Federal Rank Local Rank Total Rank ASHEVILLE CITY SCH BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH BURKE COUNTY SCH CALDWELL COUNTY SCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH CRAVEN COUNTY SCH HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 5,439.10 5,247.30 5,262.20 5,573.9 5,942.51 4.880.01 5,786.60 5,221.35 5,471.14 5,278.72 81 92 91 73 44 115 56 99 78 89 997.23 659.63 529.05 780.87 552.74 317.80 674.03 920.51 558.81 621.18 17 64 95 43 90 113 62 28 88 71 4,344.58 2,674.60 2,064.47 1,407.60 1359.99 5,374.67 2,002.20 1,491.41 2,239.39 1,700.15 2 15 30 86 92 1 33 82 22 63 10,780.91 8,581.53 7,855.72 7,762.38 7,855.24 10,572.48 8,462.83 7,633.27 8,269.34 7,600.05 9 50 80 87 81 10 57 93 62 98 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH MOORE COUNTY SCH POLK COUNTY SCH ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH WILSON COUNTY SCH STATE 5,231.01 96 465.31 104 1,572.32 74 5,084.58 105 569.63 86 2,108.70 27 6,673.73 26 684.03 59 3,083.63 6 5,752.29 60 629.92 70 1,834.26 48 5,796.06 55 955.51 25 1,397.59 88 5,596.16 70 752.55 47 2,971.60 10 5,442.43 79 558.31 89 1,321.83 96 5,385.29 642.51 1,969.22 Source: DPI Financial Business Services: Statistical Profile, Current Expense, Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking (Child Nutrition Excluded) 7,268.64 110 7,762.91 86 10,441.39 12 8,216.47 66 8,149.16 68 9,320.31 29 7,322.57 109 7,997.02 26

The chart above indicates the difference between the state average of per pupil current expenditures to the Henderson County Public Schools. Over this ten-year period the Henderson County Public Schools have been below the state average each year. The chart below provides current expense expenditures by source of funds for the 2014 school year. Henderson County Public Schools had the sixth highest percentage of funds for salaries and benefits among the comparison group. Current Expense Salaries & Benefits, School Year 2014 Salaries Benefits Total BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH CALDWELL COUNTY SCH CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH MOORE COUNTY SCH LINCOLN COUNTY SCH HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 64.7% 63.5% 64.5% 63.9% 63.1% 62.5% 22.2% 22.4% 21.3% 21.9% 21.9% 21.5% 86.9% 85.9% 85.8% 85.8% 85.0% 84.0% BURKE COUNTY SCH CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH ASHEVILLE CITY SCH STATE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH WILSON COUNTY SCH BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH CRAVEN COUNTY SCH POLK COUNTY SCH 61.5% 21.9% 83.4% 61.4% 21.9% 83.3% 62.4% 20.9% 83.3% 61.6% 21.1% 82.7% 61.4% 21.1% 82.5% 60.7% 21.2% 81.9% 60.7% 21.1% 81.8% 59.9% 21.7% 81.6% 60.3% 21.2% 81.5% 60.1% 21.0% 81.1% 60.4% 20.6% 81.0% 59.4% 19.8% 79.2% Source: Statistical Profile, Current Expense by Source of Funds (State, Federal & Local) 27

Capital#Outlay! Capital expense expenditures consist of all disbursements made for the maintenance of buildings and grounds, reconstruction or repair of old buildings, and the acquisition of equipment with a lifetime greater than a year, such as computers, buses and vehicles. The amount of capital expense expenditures fluctuates considerably from year to year; therefore, the data provided for per pupil capital outlay is based on a five-year average. By legislative mandate, long-term debts of school systems (debt service) are a part of the county budget and controlled by the county commissioners of the 100 counties in North Carolina and, therefore, not reported on the Annual Financial Report System. It should be noted that the information for capital outlay does not include dollars provided from the county for new school construction. The table below provides per pupil capital outlay expenditures for the last four years. The Henderson County Public Schools ranked 108 in 2010-11, 112 in 2011-12, 113 in 2012-13, and 112 in 2013-14. PER PUPIL CAPITAL OUTLAY, 5-YEAR AVERAGE CAPITAL OUTLAY RANKING 2010-11 Rank 2011-12 Rank 2012-13 Rank 2013-14 Rank ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 819.63 32 888.26 22 1,005.85 11 1,277.60 1 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 502.08 53 390.92 62 344.70 66 393.74 41 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 534.29 52 374.31 68 364.58 61 353.65 54 BURKE COUNTY SCH 262.29 90 279.67 84 276.97 79 248.66 82 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 248.53 94 258.54 87 269.34 83 292.87 69 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 1,337.99 13 1,039.82 17 998.25 12 965.22 8 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 574.78 48 564.27 43 637.98 34 631.50 19 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 411.83 65 418.26 55 122.54 110 94.81 109 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 642.50 44 328.57 77 116.92 112 57.41 113 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 176.26 108 131.37 112 112.60 113 70.73 112 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 885.93 27 615.75 40 593.56 37 548.76 23 MOORE COUNTY SCH 212.79 100 181.58 104 154.52 108 84.71 111 POLK COUNTY SCH 184.47 106 152.36 108 183.93 103 251.83 80 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 296.63 81 331.19 76 358.08 64 348.91 57 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 453.61 59 366.00 69 320.98 70 109.74 105 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 449.75 61 476.30 51 456.21 47 461.96 36 WILSON COUNTY SCH 259.30 92 246.62 90 221.18 96 94.92 108 STATE 402.83 67 727.52 594.92 455.86 Source: DPI Financial Business Services: Statistical Profile, Capital Outlay, Per Pupil Expenditure Ranking Source: Selected Financial Data, Statistical Research Section, Finance and Business Services, Public Schools of North Carolina 28

# Special Purpose Allotments Small#County#Allotment! Besides current and capital funds, the state provides to certain counties a special purpose allotment. The small county allotment is focused exclusively on size, which is a well-known cost factor that is beyond the control of the school district. Currently 27 of the 100 counties qualify for this special allotment. Only Polk County in our comparison group receives any small county allotment funds. Low#Wealth#County#Allotment! The state also provides low wealth funds based on a formula that considers several county variables. The formula is complex and takes in some of the following factors: county revenue, county adjusted property tax base, county percentage of state average county revenue per ADM, county percentage of state average property base per square School Year 2012-13 Allotment mile, percentage of state 3 year average ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 0 No per capita income, and local effort. For BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 0 No the 2013-14 school year, 78 s received BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 0 No low wealth supplemental funding. Based BURKE COUNTY SCH 3,526,086 Yes on the current formula the Henderson CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 5,350,512 Yes County Public Schools do not qualify for CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 0 No Low Wealth Receive Funding low wealth funding. Eight of the fourteen CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 5,990,420 Yes districts in our comparison group do CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 742,301 Yes receive these additional funds. HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 0 No HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 0 No LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 508,355 Yes There has been some discussion about MOORE COUNTY SCH 0 No modifying these two allotments based on POLK COUNTY SCH 0 No simpler formulas that take into ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 5,258,524 Yes consideration the school district size, not RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 2,552,359 Yes county size, since the size of the district TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 0 No is what creates the cost pressure that the WILSON COUNTY SCH 3,045,458 Yes state is trying to mitigate. The low wealth Source: DPI Financial Business Services: Statistical Profile formula could be simpler and more direct, calculated on the basis of information that changes annually, and designed to promote greater equity in terms of local needs, low wealth, and local tax effort (Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., 2010). Lottery#Funds! The state allocates monies from the Lottery for capital purposes. These funds are distributed on a per student basis with 65 percent of the funds available to all districts. School districts in counties with higher than average tax rates for all purposes are eligible for the remaining 35 percent of available funds. Henderson County does not qualify for these additional funds based on our tax rate. Lottery monies that come to Henderson County are used to pay debt service. It seems that the current system of allocating state dollars from the Lottery gives a false impression to the public that capital funding is being taken care of, when in fact, such revenue falls far short of what is needed at the district level (Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc., 2010). 29

Henderson County Appropriations The table below provides the county appropriation that has been provided to the Henderson County Public Schools over the last seven years. FISCAL YEAR CURRENT CAPITAL TOTAL LOCAL 2006-07 17,705,127 2,839,000 20,544,127 2007-08 18,802,573 2,098,675 20,901,248 2008-09 20,205,922 2,255,339 22,461,261 2009-10 20,392,939 449,889 20,842,828 2010-11 20,698,218 449,889 21,148,107 2011-12 18,561,999 1,000,000 19,561,999 2012-13 20,700,000 500,000 21,200,000 2013-14 20,943,503 1,127,343 22,070,846 2014-15 22,519,970 1,000,000 23,519,970 30

The table below provides information for our comparison group for county appropriations for the 2013-14 school year. The Henderson County Public Schools rank 48 th out of 115 school districts and is 9th in our comparison group. SCHOOL YEAR 2013-14 County Appropriations & Supplemental Taxes for Education (Current Expense) Amount PPA Rank CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH 62,446,618 5,145 1 ASHEVILLE CITY SCH 15,515,783 3,679 3 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 9,845,374 2,808 7 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 31,554,919 2,541 10 POLK COUNTY SCH 4,784,788 2,117 17 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 14,391,679 1,939 23 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 49,014,628 1,934 24 MOORE COUNTY SCH 24,414,510 1,906 26 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 20,943,846 1,558 48 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 16,548,422 1,457 62 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 21,056,594 1,399 65 WILSON COUNTY SCH 17,155,274 1,388 66 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 11,246,442 1,327 72 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 18,951,126 1,324 73 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 15,834,840 1,217 79 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 14,525,000 1,204 82 BURKE COUNTY SCH 13,828,400 1,085 91 STATE TOTAL 2,618,783,325 1,755 PPA: Per Pupil Appropriations Source: DPI Financial Business Services: Statistical Profile 31

2014 Roadmap of Need A report released by the Public School Forum of North Henderson County ranks as Carolina s Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) the sixth best county where highlighted large areas of North Carolina where young people young people have the are at risk of not succeeding. The Roadmap of Need, an annual greatest likelihood for 6th report from NC CAP, uses data on health, youth behavior and safety, education, and economic development to assess the relative well-being of young people living in each of North Carolina s 100 counties. success. In 2010, the Public School Forum and NC CAP created the first Roadmap of Need using ten indicators related to afterschool programs, health care, job programs and other key initiatives for youth success. The Roadmap of Need was expanded in 2013 to 20 indicators of wellness across four domains: health, youth behavior and safety, education, and economic development. According to the report, the six top counties where young people have the greatest likelihood for success are Orange, Union, Wake, Cabarrus, Camden and Henderson. The bottom five where young people are most at risk are Anson, Halifax, Northampton, Edgecombe and Robeson. The makeup of the top 5 is unchanged from last year, while Northampton replaced Scotland County in the bottom 5 this year. 2014 Roadmap of Need by County Rank Health Education Overall ASHEVILLE CITY SCH (Buncombe) 9 22 16 BRUNSWICK COUNTY SCH 69 29 50 BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCH 9 22 16 BURKE COUNTY SCH 28 25 41 CALDWELL COUNTY SCH 53 19 42 CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO SCH (Orange County) 3 3 1 CLEVELAND COUNTY SCH 38 29 61 CRAVEN COUNTY SCH 40 39 31 HAYWOOD COUNTY SCH 37 32 34 HENDERSON CO PUBLIC SCH 5 8 6 LINCOLN COUNTY SCH 10 11 9 MOORE COUNTY SCH 13 21 10 POLK COUNTY SCH 27 6 15 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCH 66 80 79 RUTHERFORD COUNTY SCH 73 71 80 TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY SCH 30 24 23 WILSON COUNTY SCH 83 61 71 Source: 2014 Roadmap of Need 32

Summary This information supports the assumption that the Henderson County Public Schools provide quality instruction with a lean and productive workforce while operating with fewer resources than many school districts of similar size. While the Profile provides data on student performance, it is also worth noting that students have been successful in a variety of extracurricular activities across the state. Several of our high school athletic teams have won state championships and many of our high school bands have played across the country and have been recognized for their success. We are also very proud of our people, who have also been recognized for their outstanding achievements. The Henderson County Public School District is made up of caring, community schools staffed with sincere, dedicated professionals providing every child every chance for success. 33

Board of Public Education Ervin W. Bazzle Mary Louise Corn Colby Coren Lisa T. Edwards Amy Lynn Holt Joshua D. Houston Rick R. Wood Henderson County Public Schools David L. Jones, Ed.S., Superintendent Henderson County Public Schools Where Tomorrow Begins 414 Fourth Avenue West Hendersonville, North Carolina 28739-4261