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Alleghany Highlands Public Schools

Low Moor, Virginia · Public school district · #79 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,804

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,011

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Alleghany Highlands Public Schools is a public school district based in Low Moor, Virginia, serving 2,804 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #79 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 33% of them. Its schools average 401 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,011 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Alleghany Highlands compares

Alleghany HighlandsVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,011

Virginia median $12,729 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,454

Virginia median $7,559 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school401

Virginia median 509 · 21% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor350

Virginia median 290 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$28.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 53%Local 38%

Measure	Alleghany Highlands	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,011	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,454	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$28.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	218	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	516	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	350	290	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Virginia median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Virginia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Page County Public SchoolsLuray	2,928	9	$11,758	12.4	#78
Alleghany Highlands Public SchoolsLow Moor · this district	2,804	7	$13,011	12.9	#79
Greene County Public SchoolsStanardsville	2,781	7	$11,789	13.7	#80
Staunton City Public SchoolsStaunton	2,692	6	$14,123	12.9	#81
Falls Church City Public SchoolsFalls Church	2,671	5	$20,292	13.1	#82

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Westwood Regional School DistrictTownship of Washington, NJ	2,805	$21,837	10.4
Harborfields Central School DistrictGreenlawn, NY	2,804	$26,999	10.8
Empire Union ElementaryModesto, CA	2,803	$14,714	24.0
Rye City School DistrictRye, NY	2,803	$47,904	10.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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