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1 Public Schools of North Carolina State Board of Education Department of Public Instruction Report to the North Carolina General Assembly Annual Report on Leaving the Profession G.S. 115C-12 (22) Prepared by: Educator Effectiveness Division Financial Business Services November 2014

2 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st Century. WILLIAM COBEY Chair :: Chapel Hill A.L. COLLINS Vice Chair :: Kernersville DAN FOREST Lieutenant Governor :: Raleigh JANET COWELL State Treasurer :: Raleigh JUNE ST. CLAIR ATKINSON Secretary to the Board :: Raleigh BECKY TAYLOR Greenville REGINALD KENAN Rose Hill KEVIN D. HOWELL Raleigh GREG ALCORN Salisbury OLIVIA OXENDINE Lumberton JOHN A. TATE III Charlotte WAYNE MCDEVITT Asheville MARCE SAVAGE Waxhaw PATRICIA N. WILLOUGHBY Raleigh NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D., State Superintendent 301 N. Wilmington Street :: Raleigh, North Carolina In compliance with federal law, the NC Department of Public Instruction administers all state-operated educational programs, employment activities and admissions without discrimination because of race, religion, national or ethnic origin, color, age, military service, disability, or gender, except where exemption is appropriate and allowed by law. Inquiries or complaints regarding discrimination issues should be directed to: Dr. Rebecca Garland, Deputy State Superintendent 6368 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC :: Telephone: (919) :: Fax: (919) Visit us on the Web :: 2 M0414

3 TABLE OF CONTENTS NC Annual Report on Leaving the Profession Executive Summary How the Annual Report on Leaving the Profession is Determined for G.S. 115C-12(22) and the NC State Report Card State Teacher Analysis: Table 1: Top Five Self-Reported Reasons for Table 2: by Reasons Categories Chart 1: by Reasons Categories Table 3: LEA Percentage by Reasons Categories Chart 2: Categories of and State Table 4: Percentage by LEA 2014 (alphabetical order) Table 5: Percentage by LEA 2014 (highest to lowest) Table 6: Percentage by State Board of Education (SBE) District Chart 3: Percentages by State Board of Education (SBE) District Table 7: LEA Percentages (Top Five Highest and Lowest) State Teacher Analysis: Chart 4: State Rates Table 8: by Reasons Categories Chart 5: by Reasons Categories and Table 9: Top Five Self-Reported Reasons for Table 10: Five-Year Average LEA (alphabetical order) Table 11: Five Year Average LEA (highest to lowest) Chart 6: Five Year Average (by SBE District) Most Difficult Licensure Areas to Staff Table 12: Most Difficult Licensure Areas to Staff

4 NC TEACHER TURNOVER REPORT Executive Summary G.S. 115C-12(22) requires the State Board of Education to monitor and compile an annual report on the decisions of teachers who leave the teaching profession. data within this report is summarized by individual LEAs and State Board of Education (SBE) Districts for the current year ( ) and five-year trend analyses ( ) using five (5) reasons categories. Improvements were made to this year s report based on feedback from the NC Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education. The five reasons categories were realigned to better represent the reasons teachers have self-reported their changes in employment for The five reasons categories were originally established to organize the data, to make comparisons of the data, and to find relationships among the data to better understand the reasons why teachers leave the profession. LEAs were also asked to identify up to five teaching areas in which they have the greatest difficulty in hiring appropriately licensed teachers. These responses have also been summarized and are included in this report. This report does not include teachers who moved from one school to another school within the LEA or teachers who are on approved leave; they continue as active and current employees. This report does not include information regarding local vacancies, teacher effectiveness data, or any statewide salary/cost analysis. Lastly, Charter school data are not reflected in this report. Charter schools do not report turnover data to the State as teachers employed by NC charters are at-will employees and only 50% of their staffs are required to hold teacher licenses, according to State Board Policy 115C F(e)(1). State Teacher Summary All 115 LEAs reported their district-level turnover data this year. The calculations show that 13,557 teachers out of the 96,010 teachers employed during the school year left their LEAs, resulting in an overall state turnover rate of 14.12%. This represents a decrease in the state s overall turnover rate, as reported for the school year at 14.33%. This figure includes Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teachers who are required to return to their home countries after three years, Teach for America (TFA) teachers who are high-achieving recent college graduates and professionals enlisted to teach for at least two years in designated high-need communities, and teachers receiving financial assistance through the Troops to Program who agree to teach in their position for at least three years. Of the 13,557 teachers reported leaving during the school years, 5,107 (37.67%) had career status. This represents a decrease in the number of teachers reported that left teaching who had obtained career status/tenure the previous year. A total of 493 teachers were employed as Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teachers, and 161 (1.19%) were not retained in 2013; a total of 402 Teach for America (TFA) were employed and 167 (1.23%) were not retained; 642 teachers were employed as Troops to and 94 (0.69%) were not retained in In addition, there were 15,552 Beginning employed statewide in 2013 and 3,143 (23.18%) were reported as turnover; and 2,550 Lateral Entry (LE) were employed and 613 (4.52%) were no longer employed by their LEAs at the end of the school year. A synopsis of this data is included in this report. Individual turnover rates ranged from a high of 42 (34.43%) teachers in Washington County to a low of 6 (6%) teachers in Clay County Schools. A listing of turnover data by LEA is included in this report. Page 32 of this report begins the analysis of the turnover reported by LEAs for the last five years. 4

5 How Teacher is Determined for G.S. 115C-12(22) Each Local Education Agency (LEA) reports teacher turnover for the NC School Report Card (SRC). This data are calculated based on a snapshot of employment for teachers employed in the LEA as reflected in the DPI Licensure/Salary database. The snapshot shows teachers who were employed in March of the previous year but were not employed in the LEA as teachers in March of the current year. The Financial and Business Services Division at the Department of Public Instruction provides each personnel administrator in the LEAs a list of individuals employed as teachers within the March date range and they are asked to provide summative data on the reasons these teachers left teaching. This information is self-reported to the personnel administrators during exit interviews, surveys, and/or factual information from their human resources database. How Teacher Is Determined for the NC State Report Card 1. For the 2014 NC SRC, teacher turnover is based upon employed March 2013 classroom teachers and their employment status in March Payroll data is used for the determination. 2. Classroom are determined by Purpose Codes beginning with 51, 52, or 53 AND Object Codes 121, 123, 124, or 128. Purpose and Object Codes are part of the payroll budget code. 3. Classroom teachers employed in March 2013 are determined using March 2012 payroll and the criteria in step #2. 4. Once the roster from step #3 is determined, the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of the classroom teachers are queried against all certified employee budget codes in the March 2014 payroll data. If the SSN is not found to be employed in the same LEA in March 2014 as they were in March 2013, they are classified as turnover at the LEA level. 5. The following numbers are not captured in the State Report statistics at this time: on approved leave who moved from one school to another school within the LEA Reasons for Leaving The following are the 28 self-reported reasons used in this report: Resigned to teach in another NC LEA (58) Moved to a non-teaching position in education (59) Resigned to teach in a NC Charter School (70) Resigned to teach in an NC non-public/ private school (71) Moved to a non-teaching position in education (75) Resigned due to family responsibilities/ childcare (57) Resigned to continue education/sabbatical (60) Resigned due to family relocation (61) Resigned to teach in another state (62) Dissatisfied with teaching or career change (63 and 72) Resigned due to health/disability (64) Retired with reduced benefits (68) Re-employed retired teacher resigned (73) Dismissed (50) Non-renewal (probationary contract ended)(53) Interim contract ended--not rehired (54) Resigned in lieu of dismissal (55) 5

6 Resigned in lieu of non-renewal (new)(78) Did not obtain or maintain license (56) Reduction in Force (51) Retired with full benefits (66) Deceased (67) End of VIF Term (74) Resigned due movement required by Military Orders (76) End of TFA Term (77) Resigned for other reasons (65) Resigned for unknown reasons (69) For purposes of this report, the 28 self-reported reasons teachers provide to their LEAs are combined into five (5) categories. The five (5) reasons categories were established to organize the data, to make comparisons of the data, and to find relationships among the data to better understand the reasons why teachers leave the profession. The categories are as follows: 1) who left the LEA but remained in education 2) who left the LEA for personal reasons 3) who were terminated by the LEA 4) who left the LEA for reasons beyond the LEA s control 5) who left the LEA for other reasons not listed above 1) who left the LEA but remained in education (Includes individuals resigning to teach in another NC LEA or charter school and individuals who moved to nonteaching positions in education) 58 Resigned to teach in another NC public school system leaving LEA to accept a teaching position in another NC system leaving LEA to accept a teaching position in a NC Charter School obtaining another teaching job on their own initiative (as opposed to spouse relocation) 59 Moved to a non-teaching position in education in another LEA or Agency moved to counselor, media coordinator, or non-teaching duties in another LEA or Agency moved to administrative positions (school-based) in another LEA or Agency moved to supervisory, director, or coordinator positions in another LEA or Agency accepted non-teaching support or administrative positions in another LEA or Agency 70 Resigned to teach in a NC charter school leaving LEA to accept a teaching position in a NC Charter School obtaining another teaching job on their own initiative (as opposed to spouse relocation) 71 Resigned to teach in a NC non-public/private school leaving LEA to accept a teaching position in a NC non-public/private school obtaining another teaching job on their own initiative (as opposed to spouse relocation) 75 Moved to a non-teaching position in the LEA moved to counselor, media coordinator, or non-teaching duties in current LEA of employment moved to administrative positions (school-based) in current LEA of employment moved to supervisory, director, or coordinator positions in current LEA of employment accepted non-teaching support or administrative positions in current LEA of employment 2) who left for personal reasons (Includes individuals retiring with reduced benefits, individuals resigning to teach in a non-public school in NC, individuals resigning to teach in another state, individuals dissatisfied with teaching, individuals seeking a career change) 57 Resigned Family responsibility/child care resigning for maternity/family leave resigning to care for ill parents or members of the immediate family resigning to care for family business or personal needs 60 Resigned To continue education/take a sabbatical resigning to return to school 6

7 resigning to pursue an educational leave of absence 61 Resigned Family relocation resigning due to spouse s relocation resigning as a result of marriage and relocation resigning due to family relocation 62 Resigned To teach in another state leaving NC to teach in a public school in another state leaving NC to teach in a private school in another state 63 Resigned Dissatisfied with teaching resigning due to dissatisfaction with teaching 64 Resigned Because of health/disability resigning due to personal disability or health related issues 68 Retired with reduced benefits retiring after age 50 with reduced benefits retiring with less than full benefits 72 Resigned Career Change resigning to pursue another employment opportunity resigning to pursue interests outside teaching 73 Re-employed Retired Teacher Resigned Teacher who had retired, was re-employed and subsequently resigns 3) who were terminated by the LEA (Includes individuals who were non-renewed, dismissed, or resigned in lieu of dismissal) 50 Dismissed demoted or dismissed under GS 115C-325(h) Probationary teachers dismissed during the school year under GS 115C-325(m) dismissed under GS 115C-325 (Below standard ratings) reported to the dismissed teacher list dismissed and the ruling upheld by case manager 53 Non-Renewed Probationary Contract Ended Probationary teachers whose contract is not renewed after the end of the year 54 Interim Contract Not Rehired (Report only for interim contracts of 6 months or more) Interim teachers not rehired under retirement cap not rehired under a term contract with specific employment dates not rehired due to return of a permanent teacher from a leave of absence 55 Resigned in lieu of dismissal resigned to avoid placement on dismissed teacher list resigned rather than go through full dismissal hearing resigned during an active investigation regarding performance/behavior as a professional educator 56 Did not obtain or maintain license not renewed due to failure to fulfill lateral entry requirements not renewed due to failure to earn 15 renewal credits failed to meet Praxis or provisional license requirements let license expire license was revoked 78 Resigned In Lieu of Non-Renewal 4) who left for reasons beyond LEA control (Includes individuals who retired with full benefits, individuals who resigned for health reasons, individuals who resigned due to family responsibilities and/or childcare, death, and individuals who resigned due to family relocation) 51 Reduction in Force not rehired due to loss of enrollment, funding, or programming covered under local RIF policies 66 Retired with full benefits 7

8 age 60 with 25 years of creditable service with 30 years of creditable service age 65 with at least 5 years of creditable service retiring with full/unreduced retirement benefits 67 Deceased who die while in active service in a NC public school 74 Resigned End of Visiting International Faculty (VIF) Term whose cultural visas have expired and are no longer eligible to be employed in North Carolina 76 Resigned Moving Due to Military Orders resigning due to being moved under military orders 77 Resigned End of Teach for America (TFA) Term 5) who left for other reasons (Includes teachers resigning or leaving teaching for reasons not listed or those who resigned for unknown and other reasons) 65 Resigned Other reasons resigning or leaving teaching for reasons not listed on the survey Please specify (text box): 69 Resigned Reasons unknown resigning; however, there is no information on reason 8

9 State Teacher Analysis:

10 Table 1: Top Five Self-Reported Reasons for 2014 Each Local Education Agency (LEA) reports teacher turnover for the NC School Report Card (SRC). This data are calculated based on a snapshot of employment for teachers employed in the LEA as reflected in the DPI Licensure/Salary database. The snapshot shows teachers who were employed in March of the previous year but were not employed in the LEA as teachers in March of the current year. The Financial and Business Services Division at the Department of Public Instruction provides each personnel administrator in the LEAs a list of individuals employed as teachers within the March date range and they are asked to provide summative data on the reasons these teachers left teaching. This information is self-reported to the personnel administrators during exit interviews, surveys, and/or factual information from their human resources database. The top five self-reported reasons for teachers leaving are as follows (highest to lowest): H to L Resigned-To teach in another NC public school system (58) 2 Retired with full benefits (66) 3 Resigned-Family relocation (61) 4 Resigned-Career Change (72) 5 Moved to a non-teaching position in the LEA (59 and 75) 10

11 Table 2: Reasons by Categories For purposes of this report, the 28 self-reported reasons teachers provide to their LEAs are combined into five (5) categories. The five (5) reasons categories were established to organize the data, to make comparisons of the data, and to find relationships among the data to better understand the reasons why teachers leave the profession. Reasons ) but remained in education 4,093.0 Resigned to teach in another NC LEA (58) 2,730.0 Resigned to teach in a NC Charter School (70) Moved to a non-teaching position in education (59 and 75) **Resigned to teach in an NC non-public/ private school (71) ) for Personal Reasons 5,030.0 Retired with reduced benefits (68) Resigned to teach in another state (62) Dissatisfied with teaching or career change (63 and 72) 1,011.0 **Resigned to continue education/sabbatical (60) **Resigned due to family relocation (61) 1,460.0 **Resigned due to health/disability (64) **Resigned due to family responsibilities/ childcare (57) **Re-employed retired teacher resigned (73) ) Initiated by LEA 1,122.5 Non-renewal (probationary contract ended)(53) Interim contract ended--not rehired (54) Dismissed (50) 22.0 *Resigned in lieu of dismissal (55) Resigned in lieu of non-renewal (78) 61.0 **Did not obtain or maintain license (56) ) Beyond Control 2,353.0 Reduction in Force (51) 16.0 Retired with full benefits (66) 1,933.0 Resigned due movement required by Military Orders (76) Deceased (67) 54.0 End of VIF Term (74) 92.0 End of TFA Term (77) ) by Other Reasons Resigned for other reasons (65) Resigned for unknown reasons (69) *New reason added by HRMS Committee for 2014 reporting **NOTE: The following reflects changes to the categories of reasons for : 1. Resigned to teach in non-public/private school moved to but remained in education 2. Resigned due to family responsibilities/childcare moved to for Personal Reasons 3. Resigned to continue education/sabbatical moved to for Personal Reasons 4. Resigned due to family relocation moved to for Personal Reasons 5. Resigned due to health/disability moved to for Personal Reasons 6. Re-employed retired teacher resigned moved to for Personal Reasons 7. Did not obtain or maintain license moved to Initiated by LEA 11

12 Chart 1: Reasons by Categories Reasons by Categories ( ) 18% 7% 30% who left the LEA, but remained in education who left the LEA for personal reasons 8% who were terminated by the LEA who left the LEA for reasons beyond the LEA s control 37% who left the LEA for other reasons not listed above Categories of Reasons why Leave the Profession who left the LEA but remained in education (30%) (Includes individuals resigning to teach in another NC LEA or charter school and individuals who moved to non-teaching positions in education) who left the LEA for personal reasons (37%) (Includes individuals retiring with reduced benefits, individuals resigning to teach in a non-public school in NC, individuals resigning to teach in another state, individuals dissatisfied with teaching, individuals seeking a career change) who were terminated by the LEA (8%) (Includes individuals who were non-renewed, dismissed, or resigned in lieu of dismissal) who left the LEA for reasons beyond the LEA s control (18%) (Includes individuals who retired with full benefits, individuals who resigned for health reasons, individuals who resigned due to family responsibilities and/or childcare, death, and individuals who resigned due to family relocation) who left the LEA for other reasons not listed above (7%) (Includes teachers resigning or leaving teaching for reasons not listed or those who resigned for unknown and other reasons) 12

13 Table 3: LEA Percentages by Reasons Categories 2014 (alphabetical order) LEA Code LEA Total Leaving but remained in Education % Beyond Control % for Personal Reasons % for Other Reasons % Initiated by LEA 010 Alamance-Burlington Schools 1, Alexander County Schools Alleghany County Schools Anson County Schools Ashe County Schools Asheboro City Schools Asheville City Schools Avery County Schools Beaufort County Schools Bertie County Schools Bladen County Schools Brunswick County Schools Buncombe County Schools 1, Burke County Schools Cabarrus County Schools 1, Caldwell County Schools Camden County Schools Carteret County Public Schools Caswell County Schools Catawba County Schools 1, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 8,586 1, Chatham County Schools Cherokee County Schools Clay County Schools Cleveland County Schools 1, Clinton City Schools Columbus County Schools Craven County Schools Cumberland County Schools 3, Currituck County Schools Dare County Schools % 13

14 LEA Code LEA Total Leaving but remained in Education % Beyond Control % for Personal Reasons % for Other Reasons % Initiated by LEA 290 Davidson County Schools 1, Davie County Schools Duplin County Schools Durham Public Schools 2, Edenton-Chowan Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools 700 Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools 861 Elkin City Schools Franklin County Schools Gaston County Schools 1, Gates County Schools Graham County Schools Granville County Schools Greene County Schools Guilford County Schools 4, Halifax County Schools Harnett County Schools 1, Haywood County Schools Henderson County Schools Hertford County Schools Hickory City Schools Hoke County Schools Hyde County Schools Iredell-Statesville Schools 1, Jackson County Schools Johnston County Schools 2, Jones County Schools Kannapolis City Schools Lee County Schools Lenoir County Public Schools Lexington City Schools Lincoln County Schools Macon County Schools Madison County Schools % 14

15 LEA Code LEA Total Leaving but remained in Education % Beyond Control % for Personal Reasons % for Other Reasons % Initiated by LEA 580 Martin County Schools McDowell County Schools Mitchell County Schools Montgomery County Schools Moore County Schools Mooresville Graded School District 862 Mount Airy City Schools Nash-Rocky Mount Schools New Hanover County Schools 1, Newton Conover City Schools Northampton County Schools Onslow County Schools 1, Orange County Schools Pamlico County Schools Pender County Schools Perquimans County Schools Person County Schools Pitt County Schools 1, Polk County Schools Public Schools of Robeson 1, County 760 Randolph County Schools 1, Richmond County Schools Roanoke Rapids City Schools Rockingham County Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools 1, Rutherford County Schools Sampson County Schools Scotland County Schools Stanly County Schools Stokes County Schools Surry County Schools Swain County Schools Thomasville City Schools Transylvania County Schools % 15

16 LEA Code LEA Total Leaving but remained in Education % Beyond Control % for Personal Reasons % for Other Reasons % Initiated by LEA 890 Tyrrell County Schools Union County Public Schools 2, Vance County Schools Wake County Schools 9,858 1, Warren County Schools Washington County Schools Watauga County Schools Wayne County Public Schools 1, Weldon City Schools Whiteville City Schools Wilkes County Schools Wilson County Schools Winston Salem/Forsyth County 3, Schools 990 Yadkin County Schools Yancey County Schools % 16

17 Chart 2: Categories of and State 2014 This chart shows the percentage of teachers employed as Career, Lateral Entry, Troops to, Visiting International Faculty, Beginning, and Teach for America teachers in and the percentage of teachers in those categories who were not retained in A total of 59,764 (62.25% of the total workforce in NC) teachers were categorized as career teachers and 5,107 (8.55%) were not retained; 2,550 (24.04%) Lateral Entry (LE) were employed and 613 (4.52%) were no longer employed by their LEAs at the end of the school year; 642 (14.62%) teachers were employed as Troops to and 94 (0.69%) were not retained in 2013; a total of 493 (32.66%) teachers were employed as Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teachers, and 161 (1.19%) were not retained in 2013; there were 15,552 (20.21%) Beginning (BTs) employed statewide in 2013 and 3,143 (23.18%) were reported as turnover; and a total of 402 (41.54%) Teach for America (TFA) were employed and 167 (1.23%) were not retained. Tenured Total # Left as % of all Tenured as % of State Leaving TFA TFA TFA Leaving as % of all TFA as % of State Leaving 59,764 5, Beginning Troops to Beginning Beginning Leaving as % of all BTs as % of State Leaving Troops to Troops to Teacher Leaving as % of all TTT as % of State Leaving 15,552 3, VIF Lateral VIF VIF Leaving as % of all VIFs as % of State Leaving Lateral Lateral Leaving as % of all Lateral as % of State Leaving ,

18 Table 4: Percentage by LEA 2014 (alphabetical order) LEA Total District LEA Name Code Leaving Percent Alamance-Burlington Schools 1, Alexander County Schools Alleghany County Schools Anson County Schools Ashe County Schools Asheboro City Schools Asheville City Schools Avery County Schools Beaufort County Schools Bertie County Schools Bladen County Schools Brunswick County Schools Buncombe County Schools 1, Burke County Schools Cabarrus County Schools 1, Caldwell County Schools Camden County Schools Carteret County Public Schools Caswell County Schools Catawba County Schools 1, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 8, , Chatham County Schools Cherokee County Schools Clay County Schools Cleveland County Schools 1, Clinton City Schools Columbus County Schools Craven County Schools Cumberland County Schools 3, Currituck County Schools Dare County Schools Davidson County Schools 1, Davie County Schools Duplin County Schools Durham Public Schools 2, Edenton-Chowan Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Elkin City Schools Franklin County Schools Gaston County Schools 1, Gates County Schools Graham County Schools Granville County Schools Greene County Schools Guilford County Schools 4, Halifax County Schools

19 LEA Total District LEA Name Code Leaving Percent Harnett County Schools 1, Haywood County Schools Henderson County Schools Hertford County Schools Hickory City Schools Hoke County Schools Hyde County Schools Iredell-Statesville Schools 1, Jackson County Schools Johnston County Schools 2, Jones County Schools Kannapolis City Schools Lee County Schools Lenoir County Public Schools Lexington City Schools Lincoln County Schools Macon County Schools Madison County Schools Martin County Schools McDowell County Schools Mitchell County Schools Montgomery County Schools Moore County Schools Mooresville Graded School District Mount Airy City Schools Nash-Rocky Mount Schools New Hanover County Schools 1, Newton Conover City Schools Northampton County Schools Onslow County Schools 1, Orange County Schools Pamlico County Schools Pender County Schools Perquimans County Schools Person County Schools Pitt County Schools 1, Polk County Schools Public Schools of Robeson County 1, Randolph County Schools 1, Richmond County Schools Roanoke Rapids City Schools Rockingham County Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools 1, Rutherford County Schools Sampson County Schools Scotland County Schools Stanly County Schools Stokes County Schools Surry County Schools Swain County Schools Thomasville City Schools

20 LEA Total District LEA Name Code Leaving Percent Transylvania County Schools Tyrrell County Schools Union County Public Schools 2, Vance County Schools Wake County Schools 9, , Warren County Schools Washington County Schools Watauga County Schools Wayne County Public Schools 1, Weldon City Schools Whiteville City Schools Wilkes County Schools Wilson County Schools Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 3, Yadkin County Schools Yancey County Schools

21 Table 5: Percentage by LEA 2014 (highest to lowest) District LEA Total LEA Name Code Leaving Percent Washington County Schools Weldon City Schools Halifax County Schools Northampton County Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools Pamlico County Schools Caswell County Schools Hoke County Schools Lexington City Schools Thomasville City Schools Hertford County Schools Bertie County Schools Greene County Schools Vance County Schools Perquimans County Schools Hickory City Schools Anson County Schools Granville County Schools Durham Public Schools 2, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Asheboro City Schools Scotland County Schools Edenton-Chowan Schools Warren County Schools Columbus County Schools Duplin County Schools Craven County Schools Asheville City Schools Lenoir County Public Schools Clinton City Schools Moore County Schools Pitt County Schools 1, Harnett County Schools 1, Lee County Schools Pender County Schools Cumberland County Schools 3, Richmond County Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Onslow County Schools 1, Hyde County Schools Bladen County Schools Montgomery County Schools Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Alamance-Burlington Schools 1, Franklin County Schools Kannapolis City Schools Roanoke Rapids City Schools Haywood County Schools Union County Public Schools 2, Newton Conover City Schools Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 8, , Gates County Schools Brunswick County Schools Chatham County Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools 1, Wilson County Schools

22 District LEA Total LEA Name Code Leaving Percent Mooresville Graded School District Buncombe County Schools 1, Public Schools of Robeson County 1, Jackson County Schools Swain County Schools McDowell County Schools Cabarrus County Schools 1, Guilford County Schools 4, Watauga County Schools Martin County Schools Person County Schools Wayne County Public Schools 1, Cherokee County Schools Beaufort County Schools Iredell-Statesville Schools 1, Orange County Schools Polk County Schools Johnston County Schools 2, Macon County Schools Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 3, Gaston County Schools 1, Randolph County Schools 1, Henderson County Schools Yancey County Schools Tyrrell County Schools New Hanover County Schools 1, Jones County Schools Whiteville City Schools Wake County Schools 9, , Sampson County Schools Wilkes County Schools Rockingham County Schools Mount Airy City Schools Transylvania County Schools Currituck County Schools Davidson County Schools 1, Avery County Schools Stokes County Schools Davie County Schools Alexander County Schools Madison County Schools Alleghany County Schools Rutherford County Schools Cleveland County Schools 1, Surry County Schools Yadkin County Schools Lincoln County Schools Catawba County Schools 1, Ashe County Schools Carteret County Public Schools Caldwell County Schools Stanly County Schools Burke County Schools Elkin City Schools Dare County Schools Mitchell County Schools Graham County Schools Camden County Schools Clay County Schools

23 Table 6: Percentage by State Board of Education (SBE) District 2014 District LEA Code LEA Name Total Leaving Percent Washington County Schools Hertford County Schools Bertie County Schools Perquimans County Schools Edenton-Chowan Schools Pitt County Schools 1, Hyde County Schools Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools Gates County Schools Martin County Schools Beaufort County Schools Tyrrell County Schools Currituck County Schools Dare County Schools Camden County Schools Pamlico County Schools Greene County Schools Duplin County Schools Craven County Schools Lenoir County Public Schools Clinton City Schools Pender County Schools Onslow County Schools 1, Brunswick County Schools Wayne County Public Schools 1, New Hanover County Schools 1, Jones County Schools Sampson County Schools Carteret County Public Schools Weldon City Schools Halifax County Schools Northampton County Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools Vance County Schools Granville County Schools Durham Public Schools 2, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools Warren County Schools Franklin County Schools Roanoke Rapids City Schools Wilson County Schools Johnston County Schools 2, Wake County Schools 9, , Hoke County Schools Scotland County Schools Columbus County Schools Moore County Schools Harnett County Schools 1, Lee County Schools Cumberland County Schools 3,

24 District LEA Code LEA Name Total Leaving Percent Richmond County Schools Bladen County Schools Montgomery County Schools Public Schools of Robeson County 1, Whiteville City Schools Caswell County Schools Lexington City Schools Thomasville City Schools Asheboro City Schools Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Alamance-Burlington Schools 1, Chatham County Schools Guilford County Schools 4, Person County Schools Orange County Schools Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 3, Randolph County Schools 1, Rockingham County Schools Davidson County Schools 1, Stokes County Schools Anson County Schools Kannapolis City Schools Union County Public Schools 2, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools 8, , Cabarrus County Schools 1, Gaston County Schools 1, Cleveland County Schools 1, Lincoln County Schools Stanly County Schools Hickory City Schools Newton Conover City Schools Rowan-Salisbury Schools 1, Mooresville Graded School District Watauga County Schools Iredell-Statesville Schools 1, Wilkes County Schools Mount Airy City Schools Avery County Schools Davie County Schools Alexander County Schools Alleghany County Schools Surry County Schools Yadkin County Schools Catawba County Schools 1, Ashe County Schools Caldwell County Schools Burke County Schools Elkin City Schools Asheville City Schools Haywood County Schools Buncombe County Schools 1, Jackson County Schools

25 District LEA Code LEA Name Total Leaving Percent Swain County Schools McDowell County Schools Cherokee County Schools Polk County Schools Macon County Schools Henderson County Schools Yancey County Schools Transylvania County Schools Madison County Schools Rutherford County Schools Mitchell County Schools Graham County Schools Clay County Schools

26 Chart 3: Percentages by State Board of Education (SBE) District 2014 North Carolina s State Board of Education (SBE) Districts District 1 - Northeast District 2 - Southeast District 3 - North Central District 4 - Sandhills/South Central District 5 - Piedmont-Triad/Central District 6 - Southwest District 7 Northwest District 8 - Western 2014 District (%) by SBE District 2014 (by %)

27 by SBE District 1 (by %) by SBE District 2 (by %)

28 by SBE District 3 (by %) by SBE District 4 (by %)

29 by SBE District 5 (by %) by SBE District 6 (by %)

30 by SBE District 7 (by %) by District 8 (by %)

31 Table 7: LEA Percentages (Top Five Highest and Lowest) 2014 District LEA Code LEA Name Total Leaving % Washington County Schools Weldon City Schools Halifax County Schools Northampton County Schools Edgecombe County Public Schools Dare County Schools Mitchell County Schools Graham County Schools Camden County Schools Clay County Schools