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Harrisonburg City Public Schools

Harrisonburg, Virginia · Public school district · #37 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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6,652

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,848

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Virginia median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Harrisonburg City Public Schools is a public school district based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving 6,652 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #37 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 605 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,848 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Harrisonburg City compares

Harrisonburg CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,848

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

Instruction spending per student$7,973

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

Students per school605

Virginia median 509 · 19% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor238

Virginia median 290 · 18% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$99.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 49%Local 40%

Measure	Harrisonburg City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,848	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,973	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$93.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$99.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	483	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,138	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	238	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
Washington County Public SchoolsAbingdon	7,270	17	$12,010	13.2	#35
Henry County Public SchoolsCollinsville	6,916	13	$11,657	14.1	#36
Harrisonburg City Public SchoolsHarrisonburg · this district	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	6,109	12	$12,712	10.8	#39

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Ocean ViewHuntington Beach, CA	6,658	$13,544	23.4
Cape Henlopen School DistrictLewes, DE	6,654	$20,728	12.5
Ennis ISDEnnis, TX	6,646	$10,351	15.3
Gloucester Township Public SchoolsBlackwood, NJ	6,645	$18,178	12.3

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-harrisonburg-city-public-schools