County / FIPS 37047
Columbus County
North Carolina
Columbus County runs 23 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
23
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
938
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Columbus County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$442.4M
Per resident
$8,739
Change since FY2021
+26%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $351M |
| 2022 | $357M |
| 2023 | $357M |
| 2024 | $380M |
| 2025 | $442M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Columbus County ranks 950th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Columbus County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Columbus Regional Healthcare System | Whiteville |
Public schools in Columbus County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Delco Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Riegelwood | 310 |
| Central Middle | Whiteville City Schools | Whiteville | 462 |
| Chadbourn Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Chadbourn | 204 |
| Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville | Classical Charter Schools of Whiteville | Whiteville | 879 |
| Columbus Career and College Academy | Columbus County Schools | Whiteville | 249 |
| East Columbus Junior-Senior High | Columbus County Schools | Lake Waccamaw | 594 |
| Edgewood Elementary | Whiteville City Schools | Whiteville | 454 |
| Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Hallsboro | 362 |
| Nakina Middle | Columbus County Schools | Nakina | 214 |
| Old Dock Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Whiteville | 294 |
| South Columbus High | Columbus County Schools | Tabor City | 692 |
| Tabor City Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Tabor City | 415 |
| Tabor City Middle | Columbus County Schools | Tabor City | 179 |
| West Columbus High | Columbus County Schools | Cerro Gordo | 400 |
| West Columbus School | Columbus County Schools | Cerro Gordo | 778 |
| Whiteville High | Whiteville City Schools | Whiteville | 662 |
| Whiteville Primary | Whiteville City Schools | Whiteville | 501 |
| Williams Township | Columbus County Schools | Whiteville | 644 |
| Thomas Academy | Thomas Academy | Lake Waccamaw | 71 |
| North Whiteville Academy | Whiteville City Schools | Whiteville | 25 |
| Cerro Gordo Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Cerro Gordo | — |
| Evergreen Elementary | Columbus County Schools | Evergreen | — |
| Tabor City School | Columbus County Schools | Tabor City | — |