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Nottoway County Public Schools

Nottoway, Virginia · Public school district · #98 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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1,792

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,654

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

11.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Nottoway County Public Schools is a public school district based in Nottoway, Virginia, serving 1,792 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #98 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 16% of them. Its schools average 358 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,654 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.8 students per teacher.

How Nottoway County compares

Nottoway CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,654

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

Instruction spending per student$7,223

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

Students per school358

Virginia median 509 · 30% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.8

Virginia median 13.3 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor299

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 66%Local 21%

Measure	Nottoway County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,654	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,223	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	152	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	417	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	299	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
Buckingham County Public SchoolsBuckingham	1,868	5	$12,729	14.6	#94
Prince Edward County Public SchoolsFarmville	1,845	4	$12,959	13.3	#95
Dickenson County Public SchoolsClintwood	1,801	3	$13,321	11.1	#96
Martinsville City Public SchoolsMartinsville	1,793	5	$14,313	12.0	#97
Nottoway County Public SchoolsNottoway · this district	1,792	5	$12,654	11.8	#98

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bennett School District No. 29JBennett, CO	1,793	$8,673	19.7
AmesburyAmesbury, MA	1,793	$20,998	11.0
Catoosa Public SchoolsCatoosa, OK	1,792	$9,667	17.1
Forest Hills School DistrictSidman, PA	1,792	$13,987	14.2

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.

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