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Buchanan County Public Schools

Grundy, Virginia · Public school district · #87 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,316

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,758

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% above the Virginia median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Buchanan County Public Schools is a public school district based in Grundy, Virginia, serving 2,316 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #87 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 26% of them. Its schools average 257 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,758 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Buchanan County compares

Buchanan CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,758

Virginia median $12,729 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,443

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

Students per school257

Virginia median 509 · 50% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Virginia median 13.3 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor257

Virginia median 290 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$36.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 17%State 57%Local 26%

Measure	Buchanan County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,758	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,443	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$35.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$36.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	186	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	442	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	257	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
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox	2,421	4	$11,159	13.4	#85
Southampton County Public SchoolsCourtland	2,363	7	$13,807	13.7	#86
Buchanan County Public SchoolsGrundy · this district	2,316	9	$13,758	12.5	#87
Patrick County Public SchoolsStuart	2,276	7	$10,776	13.7	#88
Bristol City Public SchoolsBristol	2,167	5	$13,976	11.7	#89

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Elizabeth Forward School DistrictElizabeth, PA	2,317	$16,208	13.3
Snyder ISDSnyder, TX	2,317	$13,243	14.7
Bellville ISDBellville, TX	2,315	$10,995	13.6
Greater Lowell Regional Vocational TechnicalTyngsborough, MA	2,314	$22,267	11.3

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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