District profile / Virginia

Carroll County Public Schools

Hillsville, Virginia · Public school district · #70 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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3,437

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,292

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

11.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Carroll County Public Schools is a public school district based in Hillsville, Virginia, serving 3,437 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #70 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 41% of them. Its schools average 312 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,292 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.7 students per teacher.

How Carroll County compares

Carroll CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,292

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

Instruction spending per student$7,279

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

Students per school312

Virginia median 509 · 39% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.7

Virginia median 13.3 · 12% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor344

Virginia median 290 · 19% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$51.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 55%Local 30%

Measure	Carroll County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,292	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,279	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$46.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$51.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	293	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	550	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	344	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
Carroll County Public SchoolsHillsville · this district	3,437	11	$12,292	11.7	#70
Manassas Park City Public SchoolsManassas Park	3,392	4	$12,778	15.3	#71
Russell County Public SchoolsLebanon	3,345	10	$12,657	12.3	#72
Radford City Public SchoolsRadford	3,321	5	$8,608	15.6	#73
Fluvanna County Public SchoolsPalmyra	3,315	4	$12,427	13.9	#74

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bangor Public SchoolsBangor, ME	3,439	$17,569	12.1
Perry CountyHazard, KY	3,438	$11,318	15.4
Rowan CountyMorehead, KY	3,435	$10,775	17.8
Avon Lake CityAvon Lake, OH	3,435	$12,679	16.8

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-carroll-county-public-schools