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Buckingham County Public Schools

Buckingham, Virginia · Public school district · #94 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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1,868

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,729

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Buckingham County Public Schools is a public school district based in Buckingham, Virginia, serving 1,868 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #94 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 20% of them. Its schools average 374 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,729 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Buckingham County compares

Buckingham CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,729

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

Instruction spending per student$7,380

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

Students per school374

Virginia median 509 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Virginia median 13.3 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor374

Virginia median 290 · 29% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 57%Local 27%

Measure	Buckingham County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,729	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,380	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$27.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	128	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	360	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	374	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
Clarke County Public SchoolsBerryville	1,883	4	$13,281	14.2	#93
Buckingham County Public SchoolsBuckingham · this district	1,868	5	$12,729	14.6	#94
Prince Edward County Public SchoolsFarmville	1,845	4	$12,959	13.3	#95
Dickenson County Public SchoolsClintwood	1,801	3	$13,321	11.1	#96
Martinsville City Public SchoolsMartinsville	1,793	5	$14,313	12.0	#97

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Waupun School DistrictWaupun, WI	1,869	$11,673	14.8
Perkins LocalSandusky, OH	1,868	$13,840	17.5
Oak Lawn CHSD 229Oak Lawn, IL	1,867	$18,427	17.1
Grove City Area School DistrictGrove City, PA	1,867	$18,566	13.2

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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