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Patrick County Public Schools

Stuart, Virginia · Public school district · #88 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,276

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,776

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 15% below the Virginia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Patrick County Public Schools is a public school district based in Stuart, Virginia, serving 2,276 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #88 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 25% of them. Its schools average 325 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $10,776 per student on day-to-day operations, 15% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Patrick County compares

Patrick CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,776

Virginia median $12,729 · 15% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,878

Virginia median $7,559 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school325

Virginia median 509 · 36% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor325

Virginia median 290 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$29.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 70%Local 21%

Measure	Patrick County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,776	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,878	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$29.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$29.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	166	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	439	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	325	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
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox	2,421	4	$11,159	13.4	#85
Southampton County Public SchoolsCourtland	2,363	7	$13,807	13.7	#86
Buchanan County Public SchoolsGrundy	2,316	9	$13,758	12.5	#87
Patrick County Public SchoolsStuart · this district	2,276	7	$10,776	13.7	#88
Bristol City Public SchoolsBristol	2,167	5	$13,976	11.7	#89

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
RSU 09Farmington, ME	2,277	$16,739	10.6
Delhi UnifiedDelhi, CA	2,276	$13,877	17.8
Bourbonnais School District 53Bourbonnais, IL	2,276	$14,773	14.0
East Porter County School CorporationKouts, IN	2,275	$8,620	14.3

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-patrick-county-public-schools