Harnett County Schools
Public school district based in Lillington, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3702010; state ID NC-430.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
29
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
20,095
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,154.1
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 332 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,447 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,517 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,539 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,591 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,444 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,557 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,357 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,493 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,442 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,818 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,569 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,450 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,535 | |
| Grade 13 | 4 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.6% | |
| Asian | 0.8% | |
| Black or African American | 24.2% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 28.3% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.4% | |
| Two or more races | 7.0% | |
| White | 38.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 47.9% | |
| Male | 52.1% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 3, Town 8, Rural 18.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overhills High Spring Lake | 9–12 | Regular | 1,981 | 74.0 | 26.8 | City: Small |
| Harnett Central High Angier | 9–12 | Regular | 1,522 | 62.1 | 24.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Western Harnett High Lillington | 9–12 | Regular | 1,324 | 56.5 | 23.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Triton High Erwin | 9–12 | Regular | 1,274 | 57.8 | 22 | Town: Distant |
| Benhaven Elementary Sanford | PK–5 | Regular | 1,065 | 64.9 | 16.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Harnett Central Middle Angier | 6–8 | Regular | 1,059 | 64.0 | 16.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| Overhills Elementary Spring Lake | PK–5 | Regular | 866 | 53.4 | 16.2 | City: Small |
| Highland Elementary Sanford | PK–5 | Regular | 854 | 56.7 | 15.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Dunn Elementary Dunn | PK–5 | Regular | 813 | 58.5 | 13.9 | Town: Distant |
| Highland Middle Sanford | 6–8 | Regular | 762 | 49.5 | 15.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Overhills Middle Spring Lake | 6–8 | Regular | 758 | 48.2 | 15.7 | City: Small |
| Western Harnett Middle Lillington | 6–8 | Regular | 700 | 45.5 | 15.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Lillington-Shawtown Elementary Lillington | PK–5 | Regular | 695 | 46.2 | 15 | Rural: Fringe |
| Northwest Harnett Elementary Fuquay-Varina | PK–5 | Regular | 645 | 36.1 | 17.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Erwin Elementary Erwin | PK–5 | Regular | 637 | 43.4 | 14.7 | Town: Distant |
| Coats Elementary Coats | PK–5 | Regular | 633 | 46.3 | 13.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Coats-Erwin Middle Dunn | 6–8 | Regular | 589 | 37.4 | 15.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Anderson Creek Primary Bunnlevel | PK–2 | Regular | 553 | 38.0 | 14.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| Boone Trail Elementary Lillington | PK–5 | Regular | 545 | 37.0 | 14.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Johnsonville Elementary Cameron | PK–5 | Regular | 489 | 31.4 | 15.6 | Rural: Fringe |
| South Harnett Elementary Bunnlevel | 3–5 | Regular | 476 | 33.5 | 14.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Dunn Middle Dunn | 6–8 | Regular | 388 | 28.0 | 13.8 | Town: Distant |
| Angier Elementary Angier | 3–5 | Regular | 376 | 26.2 | 14.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| North Harnett Primary Angier | PK–2 | Regular | 329 | 24.5 | 13.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Buies Creek Elementary Buies Creek | K–5 | Regular | 267 | 16.0 | 16.7 | Town: Fringe |
| Harnett County Early College Dunn | 9–13 | Regular | 185 | 5.4 | 34.5 | Town: Distant |
| LaFayette Elementary Fuquay-Varina | K–5 | Regular | 179 | 10.3 | 17.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Harnett Virtual Academy Lillington | K–12 | Regular | 100 | Not reported | — | Town: Fringe |
| STAR Academy Lillington | 6–12 | Alternative | 31 | 3.5 | 8.8 | Town: Fringe |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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