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Scott County Public Schools

Gate City, Virginia · Public school district · #58 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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4,166

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,508

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 10% below the Virginia median

12.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Scott County Public Schools is a public school district based in Gate City, Virginia, serving 4,166 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #58 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 51% of them. Its schools average 278 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,508 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 12.6 students per teacher.

How Scott County compares

Scott CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,508

Virginia median $12,729 · 10% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,075

Virginia median $7,559 · 6% below · FY2020-21

Students per school278

Virginia median 509 · 45% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.6

Virginia median 13.3 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor245

Virginia median 290 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 13%State 71%Local 16%

Measure	Scott County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,508	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,075	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$44.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	330	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	640	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	245	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
Scott County Public SchoolsGate City · this district	4,166	15	$11,508	12.6	#58
Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsDinwiddie	4,147	7	$12,261	12.0	#59
Smyth County Public SchoolsMarion	4,132	15	$12,177	11.1	#60
Powhatan County Public SchoolsPowhatan	4,077	5	$11,985	13.6	#61
Salem City Public SchoolsSalem	3,984	8	$12,068	10.9	#62

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MedfordMedford, MA	4,170	$22,761	10.2
Hilton Central School DistrictHilton, NY	4,169	$17,987	11.3
Vidor ISDVidor, TX	4,165	$10,977	14.6
Deptford Township Public School DistrictSewell, NJ	4,164	$18,880	12.0

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-scott-county-public-schools