Public schools in Danville, VA

Danville has 16 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 6,841 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Danville Public Schools runs 13 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 2 districts and agencies that run Danville's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in DanvilleDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Danville Public Schools135,684$18,424
Pittsylvania County Schools37,918$14,072

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Danville, 1,671 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
George Washington High1,24811.693.8%Danville Public Schools
Galileo Magnet High26010.197.3%Danville Public Schools
R.I.S.E Academy at the John M. Langston Campus16313.062.0%Danville Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Danville, 1,143 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Westwood Middle64213.692.2%Danville Public Schools
O. Trent Bonner Middle50110.586.2%Danville Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Danville, 3,768 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Twin Springs Elementary61815.184.1%Pittsylvania County Schools
G.L.H. Johnson Elementary57115.0All free (CEP)Danville Public Schools
Schoolfield Elementary51613.398.0%Danville Public Schools
Edwin A. Gibson Elementary46614.194.8%Danville Public Schools
Stony Mill Elementary44014.283.6%Pittsylvania County Schools
Woodberry Hills Elementary37712.292.3%Danville Public Schools
Park Avenue Elementary36112.095.0%Danville Public Schools
Brosville Elementary21911.588.6%Pittsylvania County Schools
Forest Hills Elementary20011.890.0%Danville Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Danville, 259 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
The Northside Preschool13712.2not reportedDanville Public Schools
Grove Park Preschool12211.6100.0%Danville Public Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Danville's public schools compare with Virginia's

The median Danville school has 12.2 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Virginia median of 13.7. 67% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 37% across the state. Its median school enrolls 409 students (state 557).

Danville against Virginia, schools open in 2024-25 with students
DanvilleVirginia
Median students per teacher12.213.7
Median school size (students)409557
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)67%37%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)94%64%
Charter schools0%0.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 16 Danville schools and the 1,845 Virginia schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Danville

  1. Danville Public SchoolsRuns 13 of Danville's 16 public schools and spent $18,424 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,424
  2. George Washington High, the largest high school in Danville1,248 students in 2024-25, 11.6 per teacher.1,248
  3. Compare Danville Public Schools with Pittsylvania County SchoolsDanville's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in VirginiaVirginia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Danville addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Virginia

  1. Richmond95 schools
  2. Virginia Beach82 schools
  3. Alexandria55 schools
  4. Chesapeake45 schools
  5. Norfolk44 schools
  6. Roanoke41 schools
  7. Woodbridge40 schools
  8. Newport News39 schools

Questions about schools in Danville

  1. How many public schools are in Danville, VA?
    16 public schools with an address in Danville were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 2 middle, 9 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 6,841 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Danville?
    George Washington High, with 1,248 students in 2024-25 (Danville Public Schools).
  3. Which districts run Danville's schools?
    Danville Public Schools (13 schools), Pittsylvania County Schools (3 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .