District profile / Virginia

Botetourt County Public Schools

Fincastle, Virginia · Public school district · #55 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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4,424

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,803

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Botetourt County Public Schools is a public school district based in Fincastle, Virginia, serving 4,424 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #55 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 53% of them. Its schools average 369 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,803 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Botetourt County compares

Botetourt CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,803

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

Instruction spending per student$7,965

Virginia median $7,559 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school369

Virginia median 509 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor260

Virginia median 290 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$59.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 47%Local 45%

Measure	Botetourt County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,803	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,965	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$58.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$59.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	337	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	753	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	260	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
Halifax County Public SchoolsHalifax	4,496	10	$12,238	12.2	#53
Charlottesville City Public SchoolsCharlottesville	4,439	10	$19,324	10.8	#54
Botetourt County Public SchoolsFincastle · this district	4,424	12	$12,803	13.1	#55
Pulaski County Public SchoolsPulaski	4,385	9	$11,948	13.4	#56
Winchester City Public SchoolsWinchester	4,362	7	$14,620	17.9	#57

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Monroe Public SchoolsMonroe, MI	4,428	$11,361	18.7
Upper Merion Area School DistrictKing of Prussia, PA	4,427	$22,258	12.6
Mountain Brook CityMountain Brook, AL	4,425	$14,885	11.5
Muhlenberg School DistrictReading, PA	4,424	$12,991	16.3

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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