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Amelia County Public Schools

Amelia, Virginia · Public school district · #101 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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1,600

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,557

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Amelia County Public Schools is a public school district based in Amelia, Virginia, serving 1,600 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #101 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 14% of them. Its schools average 533 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,557 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Amelia County compares

Amelia CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,557

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

Instruction spending per student$6,726

Virginia median $7,559 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Students per school533

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor229

Virginia median 290 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$22.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 53%Local 37%

Measure	Amelia County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,557	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,726	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$22.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	117	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	242	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	229	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
Amelia County Public SchoolsAmelia · this district	1,600	3	$12,557	13.7	#101
Madison County Public SchoolsMadison	1,585	4	$13,491	13.8	#102
Lunenburg County Public SchoolsKenbridge	1,577	4	$12,030	13.0	#103
Westmoreland County Public SchoolsMontross	1,574	4	$15,478	11.8	#104
Grayson County Public SchoolsIndependence	1,561	7	$13,904	10.1	#105

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Benton Community School CorporationFowler, IN	1,601	$11,839	13.1
Cameron R-ICameron, MO	1,601	$9,879	13.0
Morgan LocalMc Connelsville, OH	1,601	$15,607	12.7
Washington Community School DistrictWashington, IA	1,600	$13,248	12.5

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-va-amelia-county-public-schools