District-by-District Figures: Governor Cooper’s Teacher Stipend in Your Area

RALEIGH

May 4, 2017

In his budget proposal, Common Ground Solutions for North Carolina, Governor Cooper proposed giving teachers a direct annual stipend of $150 to offset out-of-pocket expenses for classroom supplies.

Statewide, teachers would receive almost $13 million in total for classroom supplies, according to new district-by-district analysis released today.

“Teachers are dipping into their own pockets and asking parents to help cover the rising cost of basic classroom supplies,” said Governor Cooper. “While this annual stipend wouldn’t cover everything, it would provide some relief to teachers as a recognition of what they are doing for our students, and I urge the General Assembly to pass a budget that includes a $150 supply stipend for teachers.”

Governor Cooper’s budget, which doesn’t raise taxes or fees, raises teacher pay by an average 10% over the next two years. At that pace, North Carolina would reach the best in the Southeast in 3 years and the national average in 5 years.

Here’s an estimate of how much teachers in each school district would get in total to help pay for classroom supplies:

District	Estimated Stipend
Alamance-Burlington Schools	$216,220
Alexander County Schools	$44,741
Alleghany County Schools	$15,132
Anson County Schools	$27,273
Ashe County Schools	$30,173
Avery County Schools	$23,125
Beaufort County Schools	$61,565
Bertie County Schools	$21,048
Bladen County Schools	$43,141
Brunswick County Schools	$107,794
Buncombe County Schools	$242,849
Asheville City Schools	$36,446
Burke County Schools	$108,198
Cabarrus County Schools	$270,666
Kannapolis City Schools	$49,995
Caldwell County Schools	$110,747
Camden County Schools	$18,038
Carteret County Schools	$71,902
Caswell County Schools	$24,779
Catawba County Schools	$133,380
Hickory City Schools	$37,413
Newton-Conover City Schools	$25,898
Chatham County Schools	$86,507
Cherokee County Schools	$34,423
Edenton-Chowan County Schools	$18,291
Clay County Schools	$12,450
Cleveland County Schools	$138,380
Columbus County Schools	$57,870
Whiteville City Schools	$19,085
Craven County Schools	$121,200
Cumberland County Schools	$449,970
Currituck County Schools	$33,813
Dare County Schools	$39,434
Davidson County Schools	$161,181
Lexington City Schools	$26,990
Thomasville City Schools	$20,325
Davie County Schools	$53,990
Duplin County Schools	$86,262
Durham County Schools	$340,822
Edgecombe County Schools	$61,331
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools	$487,727
Franklin County Schools	$79,469
Gaston County Schools	$300,040
Gates County Schools	$17,315
Graham County Schools	$12,881
Granville County Schools	$76,521
Greene County Schools	$29,076
Guilford County Schools	$610,192
Halifax County Schools	$25,312
Roanoke Rapids City Schools	$25,536
Weldon City Schools	$9,059
Harnett County Schools	$179,792
Haywood County Schools	$65,242
Henderson County Schools	$124,782
Hertford County Schools	$26,106
Hoke County Schools	$73,788
Hyde County Schools	$8,244
Iredell-Statesville Schools	$191,393
Mooresville City Schools	$49,548
Jackson County Schools	$35,706
Johnston County Schools	$319,896
Jones County Schools	$11,843
Lee County Schools	$90,018
Lenoir County Schools	$75,434
Lincoln County Schools	$117,791
Macon County Schools	$40,035
Madison County Schools	$25,232
Martin County Schools	$32,150
McDowell County Schools	$57,086
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools	$1,271,751
Mitchell County Schools	$17,865
Montgomery County Schools	$35,813
Moore County Schools	$105,883
Nash-Rocky Mount Schools	$135,581
New Hanover County Schools	$225,732
Northampton County Schools	$27,224
Onslow County Schools	$221,763
Orange County Schools	$72,972
Chapel-Hill/Carrboro City Schools	$99,105
Pamlico County Schools	$18,130
Elizabeth City/Pasquotank County Schools	$51,269
Pender County Schools	$77,762
Perquimans County Schools	$14,375
Person County Schools	$50,277
Pitt County Schools	$216,330
Polk County Schools	$22,743
Randolph County Schools	$156,167
Asheboro City Schools	$43,724
Richmond County Schools	$64,257
Robeson County Schools	$220,035
Rockingham County Schools	$108,844
Rowan-Salisbury County Schools	$163,551
Rutherford County Schools	$89,783
Sampson County Schools	$74,148
Clinton City Schools	$25,497
Scotland County Schools	$53,834
Stanly County Schools	$83,025
Stokes County Schools	$55,991
Surry County Schools	$76,538
Elkin City Schools	$11,933
Mount Airy City Schools	$14,810
Swain County Schools	$18,903
Transylvania County Schools	$32,587
Tyrrell County Schools	$6,225
Union County Schools	$360,881
Vance County Schools	$72,737
Wake County Schools	$1,351,702
Warren County Schools	$21,681
Washington County Schools	$15,257
Watauga County Schools	$38,847
Wayne County Schools	$183,935
Wilkes County Schools	$82,137
Wilson County Schools	$106,928
Yadkin County Schools	$51,489
Yancey County Schools	$21,374
TOTAL	$12,951,436
Source: OSBM analysis of DPI data. Note: This data does not include FICA contributions, which brings total expenditure to $14 million.