District profile / Virginia

Montgomery County Public Schools

Christiansburg, Virginia · Public school district · #28 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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9,461

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,409

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 5% above the Virginia median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Montgomery County Public Schools is a public school district based in Christiansburg, Virginia, serving 9,461 students in 21 schools. By enrollment it ranks #28 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 77% of them. Its schools average 451 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,409 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How Montgomery County compares

Montgomery CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,409

Virginia median $12,729 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,616

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

Students per school451

Virginia median 509 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

Virginia median 13.3 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor243

Virginia median 290 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$133.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 47%Local 43%

Measure	Montgomery County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,409	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,616	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$132.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$133.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	753	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,637	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	243	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
Fauquier County Public SchoolsWarrenton	10,861	19	$14,775	13.2	#26
Augusta County Public SchoolsVerona	10,130	19	$12,218	14.0	#27
Montgomery County Public SchoolsChristiansburg · this district	9,461	21	$13,409	12.6	#28
Bedford County Public SchoolsBedford	8,930	22	$11,858	14.0	#29
Culpeper County Public SchoolsCulpeper	8,381	11	$10,818	15.2	#30

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Pennsbury School DistrictFallsington, PA	9,475	$18,319	11.7
Redondo Beach UnifiedRedondo Beach, CA	9,470	$11,104	24.5
AndoverAndover, KS	9,460	$6,876	22.6
Fremont Union HighSunnyvale, CA	9,457	$16,540	22.6

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-montgomery-county-public-schools