District profile / Virginia

Giles County Public Schools

Pearisburg, Virginia · Public school district · #68 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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3,575

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,127

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

16.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Giles County Public Schools is a public school district based in Pearisburg, Virginia, serving 3,575 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #68 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 42% of them. Its schools average 511 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,127 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.6 students per teacher.

How Giles County compares

Giles CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,127

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

Instruction spending per student$7,390

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

Students per school511

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.6

Virginia median 13.3 · 25% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor511

Virginia median 290 · 76% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 57%Local 32%

Measure	Giles County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,127	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,390	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	216	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	401	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	511	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
Wythe County Public SchoolsWytheville	3,734	13	$11,796	12.1	#66
Fredericksburg City Public SchoolsFredericksburg	3,629	5	$14,136	15.3	#67
Giles County Public SchoolsPearisburg · this district	3,575	7	$12,127	16.6	#68
New Kent County Public SchoolsNew Kent	3,572	5	$11,626	13.8	#69
Carroll County Public SchoolsHillsville	3,437	11	$12,292	11.7	#70

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hot Springs School DistrictHot Springs, AR	3,576	$13,044	14.6
Specl. Sch. Dst. St. Louis Co.Town & Country, MO	3,576	$109,934	1.7
NorwoodNorwood, MA	3,575	$20,835	11.2
Hinsdale CCSD 181Clarendon Hills, IL	3,574	$21,239	11.7

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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