District profile / Virginia

Southampton County Public Schools

Courtland, Virginia · Public school district · #86 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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2,363

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,807

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% above the Virginia median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Southampton County Public Schools is a public school district based in Courtland, Virginia, serving 2,363 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #86 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 27% of them. Its schools average 338 students each, fewer than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $13,807 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Southampton County compares

Southampton CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,807

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

Instruction spending per student$8,125

Virginia median $7,559 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school338

Virginia median 509 · 34% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor236

Virginia median 290 · 19% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$41.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 51%Local 40%

Measure	Southampton County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,807	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,125	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$39.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$41.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	173	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	467	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	236	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
Rockbridge County Public SchoolsLexington	2,488	6	$12,582	11.3	#84
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox	2,421	4	$11,159	13.4	#85
Southampton County Public SchoolsCourtland · this district	2,363	7	$13,807	13.7	#86
Buchanan County Public SchoolsGrundy	2,316	9	$13,758	12.5	#87
Patrick County Public SchoolsStuart	2,276	7	$10,776	13.7	#88

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
De Queen School DistrictDe Queen, AR	2,365	$13,309	12.6
Jersey CUSD 100Jerseyville, IL	2,365	$14,264	15.1
Moriarty-EdgewoodMoriarty, NM	2,365	$12,275	13.3
Whitnall School DistrictGreenfield, WI	2,364	$12,233	13.6

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-southampton-county-public-schools