District profile / Virginia

Frederick County Public Schools

Winchester, Virginia · Public school district · #18 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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14,447

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,508

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 6% above the Virginia median

14.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Frederick County Public Schools is a public school district based in Winchester, Virginia, serving 14,447 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #18 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 85% of them. Its schools average 760 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,508 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 14.1 students per teacher.

How Frederick County compares

Frederick CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,508

Virginia median $12,729 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,965

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

Students per school760

Virginia median 509 · 49% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.1

Virginia median 13.3 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor268

Virginia median 290 · 8% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$216.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 40%Local 55%

Measure	Frederick County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,508	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,965	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$232.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$216.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,026	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,287	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	268	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
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk	14,565	22	$12,237	14.5	#17
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester · this district	14,447	19	$13,508	14.1	#18
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville	14,149	25	$14,306	13.3	#19
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,811	26	$13,816	12.2	#20
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,735	29	$11,695	13.7	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
LowellLowell, MA	14,457	$17,683	12.6
Toms River Regional School DistrictToms River, NJ	14,454	$18,038	13.8
Santa Clara UnifiedSanta Clara, CA	14,448	$20,344	19.0
Red Clay Consolidated School DistrictWilmington, DE	14,444	$18,801	13.8

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-frederick-county-public-schools