Low-Income Students in Western North Carolina and the Long Road to Recovery After Helene

After this piece was published, our partners at myFutureNC pointed out that impacted school districts in the Northwest part of our state were excluded from the original analysis (Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, and others). This post has now been revised to include all school districts impacted by Helene in Western North Carolina. Three years after the pandemic, students in Western North Carolina (WNC) are confronting a new challenge: the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The storm, which…

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Who are North Carolina’s Registered Democrats? A 2024 update

This is part of our series looking at the demographics of North Carolina's registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina's Republican voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina's unaffiliated voters. This is an update of our story from Sept. 2023.  As of Sept. 28, 2024, North Carolina had 7.6 million registered voters. Of these, 2,413,469 million, or 32%, were registered Democrat.  Age  Older voters are the most likely to register…

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Who are North Carolina’s Unaffiliated Voters? 2024 Update

This is part of our series looking at the demographics of North Carolina's registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina's Republican voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina's Democrat voters. This is an update of our story from Sept. 2023.  As of Sept. 28, 2024, North Carolina had 7.6 million registered voters. Of these, 2,886,573 million, or 38%, were registered unaffiliated. This post examines the characteristics of North Carolina's unaffiliated…

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Who are North Carolina’s Republican Voters? A 2024 Update

This is part of our series looking at North Carolina's registered voters. Other stories include an in-depth look at North Carolina's Democrat voters and an in-depth look at North Carolina's unaffiliated voters. This is an update of our story from Sept. 2023.  As of Sept. 28, 2024, North Carolina had 7.6 million registered voters. Of these, 2,285,377 million, or 30%, were registered as a Republican.  Age  Younger voters are the least likely to register as…

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Who are North Carolina’s 7.6 million registered voters? (2024)

This is the first in a four-part series on North Carolina’s voters. Today, we take a look at North Carolina’s 7.6 million registered voters. In the coming days, we will take a look at North Carolina’s registered Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated Voters, respectively.  As of Sept. 28th, 2024, North Carolina had about 8.5 million voting-eligible adults and 7.6 million registered voters. Their partisan affiliation was roughly split between three groups: unaffiliated, Democrat, and Republican, with…

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Rural hospital closures in North Carolina

Since 2010, there have been 149 closures of rural hospitals across the US. These closures have taken place in 34 of the 50 states. Eight of these closures took place in North Carolina.   What is a rural hospital?  The NC Rural Health Research Program at the Shep Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill defines a rural hospital as a hospital that meets the following criteria:  A Critical Access Hospital, or  A Rural…

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Who is asked to repeat a grade in North Carolina?

By on 1.17.24 in Education

Most students are promoted to the next grade level at the end of a school year. But some students are asked to repeat a grade level. The academic term for this is “grade retention”, or “non-promotion.” These terms are used interchangeably in this article. My initial motivation for writing this piece came from investigating school performance indicators pre- and post-pandemic, which I did in a previous piece regarding chronic absenteeism. As I investigated the publicly…

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Story recipe: Finding data about a NC public school

This blog post is part of a series on how to use the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile. This blog post details how to download different indicators at the school level. We also have tutorials for how to download indicators at the state and district levels.  The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile (NCPSSP) is a great resource for obtaining data on North Carolina’s public school students, personnel and finances. This profile is especially…

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Story recipe: Finding and using state-level education data in North Carolina

This blog post is part of a series on how to use the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile. This blog post details how to download different indicators at the state level. We also have tutorials for how to download indicators at the district and school levels.  The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile (NCPSSP) is a great resource for obtaining data on North Carolina’s public school students, personnel and finances. This profile is especially…

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Story Recipe: Finding data about NC school districts

This blog post is part of a series on how to use the North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile. This blog post details how to download different indicators at the district level. We also have tutorials for how to download indicators at the state and school levels.  The North Carolina Public Schools Statistical Profile (NCPSSP) is a great resource for obtaining data on North Carolina’s public school students, personnel and finances. This profile is especially…

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