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Lee County Public Schools

Jonesville, Virginia · Public school district · #77 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,966

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,742

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

12.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Lee County Public Schools is a public school district based in Jonesville, Virginia, serving 2,966 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #77 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 34% of them. Its schools average 270 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,742 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.2 students per teacher.

How Lee County compares

Lee CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,742

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

Instruction spending per student$7,195

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

Students per school270

Virginia median 509 · 47% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.2

Virginia median 13.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor270

Virginia median 290 · 7% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 22%State 65%Local 13%

Measure	Lee County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,742	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,195	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$41.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	243	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	562	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	270	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
Waynesboro City Public SchoolsWaynesboro	3,043	7	$13,511	13.6	#75
Colonial Heights City Public SchoolsColonial Heights	2,971	6	$14,110	12.5	#76
Lee County Public SchoolsJonesville · this district	2,966	11	$12,742	12.2	#77
Page County Public SchoolsLuray	2,928	9	$11,758	12.4	#78
Alleghany Highlands Public SchoolsLow Moor	2,804	7	$13,011	12.9	#79

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
TEC Connections Academy Commonwealth Virtual School DistrictEast Walpole, MA	2,969	$10,567	20.8
CharihoWood River Junction, RI	2,966	$19,168	11.9
NewtonNewton, KS	2,965	$14,545	11.9
Monroe CountyMonroeville, AL	2,963	$11,275	16.5

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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