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Suffolk City Public Schools

Suffolk, Virginia · Public school district · #17 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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14,565

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,237

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

14.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Suffolk City Public Schools is a public school district based in Suffolk, Virginia, serving 14,565 students in 22 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 86% of them. Its schools average 662 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,237 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.5 students per teacher.

How Suffolk City compares

Suffolk CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,237

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

Instruction spending per student$8,028

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

Students per school662

Virginia median 509 · 30% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.5

Virginia median 13.3 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor324

Virginia median 290 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$199.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 48%Local 43%

Measure	Suffolk City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,237	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,028	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$188.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$199.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,003	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,221	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.5	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	324	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
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk · this district	14,565	22	$12,237	14.5	#17
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester	14,447	19	$13,508	14.1	#18
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville	14,149	25	$14,306	13.3	#19
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,811	26	$13,816	12.2	#20
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,735	29	$11,695	13.7	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Thompson School District R-2JLoveland, CO	14,580	$13,797	15.6
Norwalk-La Mirada UnifiedNorwalk, CA	14,577	$14,885	22.8
Elk River Public School DistrictElk River, MN	14,577	$11,853	20.2
Effingham CountySpringfield, GA	14,560	$10,948	13.7

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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