District profile / Virginia

Augusta County Public Schools

Verona, Virginia · Public school district · #27 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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10,130

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,218

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Augusta County Public Schools is a public school district based in Verona, Virginia, serving 10,130 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #27 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 78% of them. Its schools average 533 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,218 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Augusta County compares

Augusta CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,218

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

Instruction spending per student$7,441

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

Students per school533

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Virginia median 13.3 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor236

Virginia median 290 · 19% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$146.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 43%Local 43%

Measure	Augusta County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,218	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,441	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$136.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$146.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	722	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,698	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	236	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
Williamsburg-James City County Public SchoolsWilliamsburg	11,371	16	$13,562	13.8	#25
Fauquier County Public SchoolsWarrenton	10,861	19	$14,775	13.2	#26
Augusta County Public SchoolsVerona · this district	10,130	19	$12,218	14.0	#27
Montgomery County Public SchoolsChristiansburg	9,461	21	$13,409	12.6	#28
Bedford County Public SchoolsBedford	8,930	22	$11,858	14.0	#29

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Allen County SchoolsNew Haven, IN	10,136	$9,783	15.7
Catoosa CountyRinggold, GA	10,134	$12,164	12.8
Westfield-Washington SchoolsWestfield, IN	10,124	$10,034	16.8
HobbsHobbs, NM	10,121	$10,795	16.4

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-augusta-county-public-schools