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Lynchburg City Public Schools

Lynchburg, Virginia · Public school district · #33 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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7,657

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,076

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Virginia median

11.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Lynchburg City Public Schools is a public school district based in Lynchburg, Virginia, serving 7,657 students in 20 schools. By enrollment it ranks #33 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 72% of them. Its schools average 383 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $14,076 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 11.9 students per teacher.

How Lynchburg City compares

Lynchburg CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,076

Virginia median $12,729 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,315

Virginia median $7,559 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school383

Virginia median 509 · 25% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.9

Virginia median 13.3 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor284

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$118.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 50%Local 38%

Measure	Lynchburg City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,076	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,315	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$117.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$118.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	643	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,469	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	284	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
Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsChatham	7,830	21	$11,623	12.7	#31
Campbell County Public SchoolsRustburg	7,777	15	$11,402	11.7	#32
Lynchburg City Public SchoolsLynchburg · this district	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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage SchoolsBurnsville, MN	7,663	$15,467	14.5
KingsportKingsport, TN	7,658	$11,223	n/a
San Luis Coastal UnifiedSan Luis Obispo, CA	7,654	$15,433	21.3
Wayne Township Public School DistrictWayne, NJ	7,653	$24,633	10.7

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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