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York County Public Schools

Yorktown, Virginia · Public school district · #22 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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13,105

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,173

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

15.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

York County Public Schools is a public school district based in Yorktown, Virginia, serving 13,105 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #22 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 82% of them. Its schools average 690 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,173 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.2 students per teacher.

How York County compares

York CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,173

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

Instruction spending per student$7,463

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

Students per school690

Virginia median 509 · 36% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.2

Virginia median 13.3 · 14% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor273

Virginia median 290 · 6% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$165.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 14%State 47%Local 38%

Measure	York County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,173	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,463	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$167.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$165.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	860	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,968	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.2	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	273	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
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
York County Public SchoolsYorktown · this district	13,105	19	$12,173	15.2	#22
Portsmouth City Public SchoolsPortsmouth	12,905	23	$13,350	13.7	#23

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Littleton School District No. 6Littleton, CO	13,109	$12,614	17.1
Maury CountyColumbia, TN	13,098	$9,447	n/a
Moore County SchoolsCarthage, NC	13,085	$9,898	18.0
Livonia Public Schools School DistrictLivonia, MI	13,076	$13,848	15.6

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.

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