District profile / Virginia

Pittsylvania County Public Schools

Chatham, Virginia · Public school district · #31 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

Compare with peers

7,830

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,623

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% below the Virginia median

12.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Pittsylvania County Public Schools is a public school district based in Chatham, Virginia, serving 7,830 students in 21 schools. By enrollment it ranks #31 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 74% of them. Its schools average 373 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,623 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.7 students per teacher.

How Pittsylvania County compares

Pittsylvania CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,623

Virginia median $12,729 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,073

Virginia median $7,559 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school373

Virginia median 509 · 27% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor224

Virginia median 290 · 23% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$102.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 65%Local 24%

Measure	Pittsylvania County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,623	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,073	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$98.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$102.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	616	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,451	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	224	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.

In the news

0 stories matched

We haven't matched any stories to Pittsylvania County Public Schools yet. Recent Virginia coverage is on the Virginia page.

Peer districts in Virginia

Compare side by side →

District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Culpeper County Public SchoolsCulpeper	8,381	11	$10,818	15.2	#30
Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsChatham · this district	7,830	21	$11,623	12.7	#31
Campbell County Public SchoolsRustburg	7,777	15	$11,402	11.7	#32
Lynchburg City Public SchoolsLynchburg	7,657	20	$14,076	11.9	#33
Manassas City Public SchoolsManassas	7,345	10	$15,190	16.1	#34

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Morgan Hill UnifiedMorgan Hill, CA	7,829	$11,457	21.8
Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictFloral Park, NY	7,829	$23,244	13.4
Grand Forks 1Grand Forks, ND	7,822	$14,333	10.7
Union School CorporationModoc, IN	7,821	$4,361	23.4

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-pittsylvania-county-public-schools