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District profile / Virginia

Loudoun County Public Schools

Ashburn, Virginia · Public school district · #3 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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81,486
Students
2024-25 school year
102
Schools
2024-25 school year
$17,393
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 37% above the Virginia median
12.1
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Loudoun County Public Schools is a public school district based in Ashburn, Virginia, serving 81,486 students in 102 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 799 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $17,393 per student on day-to-day operations, 37% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher. We've matched 13 news stories to the district.

How Loudoun County compares

Loudoun CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$17,393
Virginia median $12,729 · 37% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$11,281
Virginia median $7,559 · 49% above · FY2020-21
Students per school799
Virginia median 509 · 57% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher12.1
Virginia median 13.3 · 9% below · 2024-25
Students per counselor240
Virginia median 290 · 17% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.51 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 5%State 27%Local 68%
MeasureLoudoun CountyVirginia medianYear
Current spending per student$17,393$12,729FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$11,281$7,559FY2020-21
Total spending$1.53 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.51 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)6,719n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)13,456n/a2024-25
Students per teacher12.113.32024-25
Students per counselor2402902024-25

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.

In the news

13 stories matched

Peer districts in Virginia

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Prince William County Public SchoolsManassas90,24298$13,02015.2#2
Loudoun County Public SchoolsAshburn · this district81,486102$17,39312.1#3
Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVirginia Beach64,73188$12,86914.3#4
Chesterfield County Public SchoolsChesterfield64,19473$10,88613.5#5
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico50,91579$11,07114.9#6

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnnapolis, MD85,029$15,42913.8
Metro Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, TN81,021$13,624n/a
Fort Bend ISDSugar Land, TX79,663$10,63016.0
Greenville 01Greenville, SC77,774$11,13815.2

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-loudoun-county-public-schools