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Hopewell City Public Schools

Hopewell, Virginia · Public school district · #63 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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3,949

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,446

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Hopewell City Public Schools is a public school district based in Hopewell, Virginia, serving 3,949 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #63 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 47% of them. Its schools average 564 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,446 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Hopewell City compares

Hopewell CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,446

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

Instruction spending per student$8,010

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

Students per school564

Virginia median 509 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor304

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$59.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 15%State 62%Local 23%

Measure	Hopewell City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,446	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,010	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$55.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$59.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	299	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	706	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	304	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
Powhatan County Public SchoolsPowhatan	4,077	5	$11,985	13.6	#61
Salem City Public SchoolsSalem	3,984	8	$12,068	10.9	#62
Hopewell City Public SchoolsHopewell · this district	3,949	7	$12,446	13.2	#63
Mecklenburg County Public SchoolsBoydton	3,907	7	$11,977	7.8	#64
Amherst County Public SchoolsAmherst	3,900	9	$11,729	12.5	#65

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Lake Hamilton School DistrictPearcy, AR	3,945	$10,456	14.5
Sartell-St. Stephen School DistrictSartell, MN	3,943	$11,028	15.8
Marple Newtown School DistrictNewtown Square, PA	3,942	$19,561	12.7
LennoxLennox, CA	3,941	$13,999	20.9

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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