District profile / Virginia

Franklin County Public Schools

Rocky Mount, Virginia · Public school district · #39 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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6,109

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,712

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

10.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Franklin County Public Schools is a public school district based in Rocky Mount, Virginia, serving 6,109 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #39 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 67% of them. Its schools average 509 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,712 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 10.8 students per teacher.

How Franklin County compares

Franklin CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,712

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

Instruction spending per student$7,552

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

Students per school509

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.8

Virginia median 13.3 · 19% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor226

Virginia median 290 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$94.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 48%Local 42%

Measure	Franklin County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,712	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,552	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$88.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$94.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	567	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,340	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	226	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
Harrisonburg City Public SchoolsHarrisonburg	6,652	11	$13,848	13.8	#37
Prince George County Public SchoolsPrince George	6,220	7	$11,677	16.9	#38
Franklin County Public SchoolsRocky Mount · this district	6,109	12	$12,712	10.8	#39
Wise County Public SchoolsWise	5,779	13	$11,206	12.2	#40
Shenandoah County Public SchoolsWoodstock	5,703	10	$12,365	13.5	#41

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
ArlingtonArlington, MA	6,113	$18,679	12.6
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park, MN	6,113	$11,346	16.3
Harlem UD 122Machesney Park, IL	6,108	$16,884	13.8
Round Lake CUSD 116Round Lake, IL	6,103	$21,990	12.6

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-franklin-county-public-schools