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Portsmouth City Public Schools

Portsmouth, Virginia · Public school district · #23 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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12,905

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,350

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Portsmouth City Public Schools is a public school district based in Portsmouth, Virginia, serving 12,905 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #23 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 81% of them. Its schools average 561 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,350 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Portsmouth City compares

Portsmouth CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,350

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

Instruction spending per student$7,882

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

Students per school561

Virginia median 509 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor258

Virginia median 290 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$200.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 54%Local 34%

Measure	Portsmouth City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,350	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,882	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$186.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$200.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	941	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,308	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	258	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
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville	14,149	25	$14,306	13.3	#19
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,811	26	$13,816	12.2	#20
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,735	29	$11,695	13.7	#21
York County Public SchoolsYorktown	13,105	19	$12,173	15.2	#22
Portsmouth City Public SchoolsPortsmouth · this district	12,905	23	$13,350	13.7	#23

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Peoria School District 150Peoria, IL	12,913	$18,089	15.0
North Penn School DistrictLansdale, PA	12,911	$18,564	13.6
Dougherty CountyAlbany, GA	12,910	$13,566	13.6
Appoquinimink School DistrictOdessa, DE	12,897	$14,697	14.7

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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