District profile / Virginia

Roanoke County Public Schools

Roanoke, Virginia · Public school district · #21 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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13,735

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,695

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Virginia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Roanoke County Public Schools is a public school district based in Roanoke, Virginia, serving 13,735 students in 29 schools. By enrollment it ranks #21 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 83% of them. Its schools average 474 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,695 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Roanoke County compares

Roanoke CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,695

Virginia median $12,729 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,739

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

Students per school474

Virginia median 509 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor312

Virginia median 290 · 8% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$181.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 48%Local 45%

Measure	Roanoke County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,695	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,739	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$170.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$181.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,006	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,224	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	312	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	13,811	26	$13,816	12.2	#20
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke · this district	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
Lancaster ElementaryLancaster, CA	13,769	$14,005	22.6
Mission CISDMission, TX	13,765	$11,756	14.0
Pasadena UnifiedPasadena, CA	13,757	$15,197	21.1
Hendry CountyLabelle, FL	13,698	$6,280	39.7

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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