District profile / Virginia

Henry County Public Schools

Collinsville, Virginia · Public school district · #36 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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6,916

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,657

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Virginia median

14.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Henry County Public Schools is a public school district based in Collinsville, Virginia, serving 6,916 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #36 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 70% of them. Its schools average 532 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,657 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 14.1 students per teacher.

How Henry County compares

Henry CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,657

Virginia median $12,729 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,257

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

Students per school532

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.1

Virginia median 13.3 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor277

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$96.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 63%Local 24%

Measure	Henry County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,657	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,257	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$90.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$96.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	489	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,113	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	277	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
Lynchburg City Public SchoolsLynchburg	7,657	20	$14,076	11.9	#33
Manassas City Public SchoolsManassas	7,345	10	$15,190	16.1	#34
Washington County Public SchoolsAbingdon	7,270	17	$12,010	13.2	#35
Henry County Public SchoolsCollinsville · this district	6,916	13	$11,657	14.1	#36
Harrisonburg City Public SchoolsHarrisonburg	6,652	11	$13,848	13.8	#37

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Crandall ISDCrandall, TX	6,922	$10,162	16.3
Hempfield School DistrictLandisville, PA	6,918	$15,750	14.3
Niagara Falls City School DistrictNiagara Falls, NY	6,916	$19,279	16.0
Stevens Point Area Public School DistrictStevens Point, WI	6,911	$13,974	15.1

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.

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