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Stafford County Public Schools

Stafford, Virginia · Public school district · #8 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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31,812

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,793

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 7% below the Virginia median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Stafford County Public Schools is a public school district based in Stafford, Virginia, serving 31,812 students in 34 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 94% of them. Its schools average 936 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $11,793 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Stafford County compares

Stafford CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,793

Virginia median $12,729 · 7% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,551

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

Students per school936

Virginia median 509 · 84% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor295

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$356.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 54%Local 38%

Measure	Stafford County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,793	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,551	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$366.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$356.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,346	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	5,029	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	295	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
Chesapeake City Public SchoolsChesapeake	40,607	48	$12,928	13.8	#7
Stafford County Public SchoolsStafford · this district	31,812	34	$11,793	13.6	#8
Arlington County Public SchoolsArlington	27,950	42	$20,023	12.8	#9
Norfolk City Public SchoolsNorfolk	26,807	49	$13,372	12.9	#10
Newport News City Public SchoolsNewport News	25,882	43	$12,652	12.5	#11

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Baldwin CountyBay Minette, AL	31,965	$11,638	15.6
Durham Public SchoolsDurham, NC	31,865	$12,723	15.0
Prosper ISDProsper, TX	31,651	$9,763	14.7
Leon CountyTallahassee, FL	31,645	$9,458	17.1

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-stafford-county-public-schools