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Roanoke City Public Schools

Roanoke, Virginia · Public school district · #20 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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13,811

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,816

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Virginia median

12.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Roanoke City Public Schools is a public school district based in Roanoke, Virginia, serving 13,811 students in 26 schools. By enrollment it ranks #20 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 84% of them. Its schools average 531 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,816 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.2 students per teacher.

How Roanoke City compares

Roanoke CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,816

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

Instruction spending per student$8,087

Virginia median $7,559 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school531

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.2

Virginia median 13.3 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor247

Virginia median 290 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$233.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 47%Local 39%

Measure	Roanoke City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,816	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,087	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$202.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$233.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,135	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,543	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	247	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
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester	14,447	19	$13,508	14.1	#18
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville	14,149	25	$14,306	13.3	#19
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke · this district	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

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Kenton CountyFort Wright, KY	13,834	$10,383	17.7
Eagle Pass ISDEagle Pass, TX	13,820	$10,101	17.8
Tracy Joint UnifiedTracy, CA	13,817	$11,939	21.6
Medford School District 549CMedford, OR	13,800	$10,894	19.5

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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