District profile / Virginia

Grayson County Public Schools

Independence, Virginia · Public school district · #105 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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1,561

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,904

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Virginia median

10.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Grayson County Public Schools is a public school district based in Independence, Virginia, serving 1,561 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #105 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 10% of them. Its schools average 223 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,904 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 10.1 students per teacher.

How Grayson County compares

Grayson CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,904

Virginia median $12,729 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,167

Virginia median $7,559 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school223

Virginia median 509 · 56% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher10.1

Virginia median 13.3 · 24% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor260

Virginia median 290 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$24.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 52%Local 33%

Measure	Grayson County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,904	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,167	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$23.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$24.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	154	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	318	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	10.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	260	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
Amelia County Public SchoolsAmelia	1,600	3	$12,557	13.7	#101
Madison County Public SchoolsMadison	1,585	4	$13,491	13.8	#102
Lunenburg County Public SchoolsKenbridge	1,577	4	$12,030	13.0	#103
Westmoreland County Public SchoolsMontross	1,574	4	$15,478	11.8	#104
Grayson County Public SchoolsIndependence · this district	1,561	7	$13,904	10.1	#105

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lisle CUSD 202Lisle, IL	1,562	$28,532	12.3
Regional School District 14Woodbury, CT	1,561	$24,319	11.0
Pike County School CorporationPetersburg, IN	1,561	$11,235	11.9
Portsmouth CityPortsmouth, OH	1,561	$15,587	13.6

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-grayson-county-public-schools