District profile / Virginia

Hanover County Public Schools

Ashland, Virginia · Public school district · #15 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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16,768

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,776

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Virginia median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Hanover County Public Schools is a public school district based in Ashland, Virginia, serving 16,768 students in 24 schools. By enrollment it ranks #15 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 88% of them. Its schools average 699 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,776 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Hanover County compares

Hanover CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,776

Virginia median $12,729 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,035

Virginia median $7,559 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school699

Virginia median 509 · 37% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor247

Virginia median 290 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$227.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 41%Local 52%

Measure	Hanover County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,776	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,035	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$214.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$227.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,273	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,779	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	247	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
Hampton City Public SchoolsHampton	19,472	33	$12,226	13.9	#14
Hanover County Public SchoolsAshland · this district	16,768	24	$11,776	13.2	#15
Alexandria City Public SchoolsAlexandria	16,575	19	$19,370	15.1	#16
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk	14,565	22	$12,237	14.5	#17
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester	14,447	19	$13,508	14.1	#18

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Allentown City School DistrictAllentown, PA	16,769	$14,768	15.9
CUSD 308Oswego, IL	16,766	$14,710	14.7
Parkway C-2Chesterfield, MO	16,759	$13,055	14.1
MSD Lawrence TownshipIndianapolis, IN	16,747	$10,682	18.1

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-hanover-county-public-schools