District profile / Virginia

Smyth County Public Schools

Marion, Virginia · Public school district · #60 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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4,132

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,177

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

11.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Smyth County Public Schools is a public school district based in Marion, Virginia, serving 4,132 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #60 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 49% of them. Its schools average 275 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,177 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 11.1 students per teacher.

How Smyth County compares

Smyth CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,177

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

Instruction spending per student$7,577

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

Students per school275

Virginia median 509 · 46% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.1

Virginia median 13.3 · 17% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor318

Virginia median 290 · 10% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$54.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 63%Local 26%

Measure	Smyth County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,177	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,577	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$52.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$54.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	371	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	732	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.1	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	318	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	4,166	15	$11,508	12.6	#58
Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsDinwiddie	4,147	7	$12,261	12.0	#59
Smyth County Public SchoolsMarion · this district	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
Anthony Wayne LocalWhitehouse, OH	4,135	$11,176	19.8
North Royalton CityNorth Royalton, OH	4,134	$12,955	20.9
Marshall County SchoolsMoundsville, WV	4,134	$16,600	11.2
Roseville Community SchoolsRoseville, MI	4,133	$12,255	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-smyth-county-public-schools