By the Numbers
Nearly this many Pre-K-12 students are enrolled in GCS.
What is 67,000?
This is the year that GCS became a unified school district.
What is 1994?
This is the vision that grounds all GCS work.
What is "Transform learning and life outcomes for all students"?
These are typically the first words you'll hear at 5 a.m. when there is a weather-related delay or phone call.
What is "Out of an abundance of caution"?
This team meets regularly and oversees district divisions.
What is the Superintendent's Cabinet?
This percentage represents GCS's graduation rate.
What is 92.1%?
GCS currently ranks this by size in the state.
Frequently called focus areas, these four buckets serve as vehicles for navigating the strategic direction
What are Accelerate learning; recruit, retain, reward top talent; strengthen health, wellness and safety in schools; and prepare students for the world?
Schools are divided into this support structure, which includes everyone in this room.
What is the Zone Support structure?
This division recently competed in a 'rodeo' that tests skills and agility.
What is Transportation?
This is the number of languages spoken by GCS students.
What is 121?
This funding source primarily fuels the costs of school facilities, construction and maintenance.
What is County Government?
It takes this many people to help foster successful outcomes for students each day.
What is Everyone?
Leaders use this exemplary practice when they create excitement and commitment among their team members.
In 2025, with just one person on the team on staff to accomplish specific daunting tasks, this department still kept its cool.
What is Maintenance
GCS maintains, to the best of its ability, more than this many square feet of facilities.
What is 12 million square feet?
This level of government provides the largest share of funding for instructional positions.
What is the State of North Carolina?
The "Better Together" strategic direction is set to expire in this year.
What is 2026?
Building trust and fostering collaboration are hallmarks of this exemplary leadership practice.
What is Enable Others to Act?
When your budget is in a bind, keep this department in mind.
What is Finance?
Before the passage of a historic bond, most schools in the district were built before this year, which sparked "moon joy" in millions of Americans.
What is 1969?
Student enrollment fuels this model, which allocates resources to districts, including teaching positions.
What is the Position Allotment System?
These are the district's core values.
What are Diversity, empathy, equity, innovation and integrity?
The strategy to achieving student success at scale is often referred to as this.
What is the Three-legged stool?
This relatively small but mighty team cranks out and verifies all the numbers we use to gauge and measure success.
What is Research and Accountability?