District profile / Virginia

Rockingham County Public Schools

Harrisonburg, Virginia · Public school district · #24 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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11,679

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,787

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Rockingham County Public Schools is a public school district based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving 11,679 students in 23 schools. By enrollment it ranks #24 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 80% of them. Its schools average 508 students each, about the same as the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,787 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Rockingham County compares

Rockingham CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,787

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

Instruction spending per student$7,794

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

Students per school508

Virginia median 509 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Virginia median 13.3 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor307

Virginia median 290 · 6% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$155.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 48%Local 44%

Measure	Rockingham County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,787	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,794	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$154.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$155.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	834	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,960	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	307	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
York County Public SchoolsYorktown	13,105	19	$12,173	15.2	#22
Portsmouth City Public SchoolsPortsmouth	12,905	23	$13,350	13.7	#23
Rockingham County Public SchoolsHarrisonburg · this district	11,679	23	$12,787	14.0	#24
Williamsburg-James City County Public SchoolsWilliamsburg	11,371	16	$13,562	13.8	#25
Fauquier County Public SchoolsWarrenton	10,861	19	$14,775	13.2	#26

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Sachem Central School DistrictLake Ronkonkoma, NY	11,697	$25,085	11.8
Burke County SchoolsMorganton, NC	11,667	$10,046	16.8
Bartholomew Con School CorporationColumbus, IN	11,657	$9,902	16.1
Elkhorn Public SchoolsElkhorn, NE	11,653	$10,473	14.5

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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