District profile / Virginia

Rockbridge County Public Schools

Lexington, Virginia · Public school district · #84 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,488

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,582

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

11.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Rockbridge County Public Schools is a public school district based in Lexington, Virginia, serving 2,488 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #84 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 28% of them. Its schools average 415 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,582 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.3 students per teacher.

How Rockbridge County compares

Rockbridge CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,582

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

Instruction spending per student$7,610

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

Students per school415

Virginia median 509 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.3

Virginia median 13.3 · 15% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor249

Virginia median 290 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$39.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 39%Local 52%

Measure	Rockbridge County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,582	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,610	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$37.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$39.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	220	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	495	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	249	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
Falls Church City Public SchoolsFalls Church	2,671	5	$20,292	13.1	#82
Goochland County Public SchoolsGoochland	2,643	5	$13,382	13.3	#83
Rockbridge County Public SchoolsLexington · this district	2,488	6	$12,582	11.3	#84
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox	2,421	4	$11,159	13.4	#85
Southampton County Public SchoolsCourtland	2,363	7	$13,807	13.7	#86

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Cleburne CountyHeflin, AL	2,490	$10,170	17.2
East GreenwichEast Greenwich, RI	2,490	$16,665	13.0
Huron School DistrictNew Boston, MI	2,489	$11,927	16.6
Coopersville Area Public School DistrictCoopersville, MI	2,487	$11,558	16.6

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-rockbridge-county-public-schools