NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools VA

Best-Resourced Schools in Staunton, VA

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12 public K-12 schools in Staunton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
4,556
Students
47/100
Avg Resource Index
13.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Staunton has more public-school enrollment than 51% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Staunton sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Staunton's list includes 3 elementary, 3 middle, and 3 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 26-point gap between Riverheads Elementary and Staunton City School Preschool Programs shows the range hidden by Staunton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 49%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
73rd percentile

Staunton High accounts for 16.8% of all Staunton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Staunton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Staunton school enrollment varies 77× across entities

Staunton school enrollment ranges from 10 students (lowest) to 766 students (highest), a spread of 756 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Staunton reports 77.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Staunton student-teacher ratio is 13.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Riverheads Elementary 56
2. Riverheads High 56
3. Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind High 56
4. Beverley Manor Middle 55
5. Shelburne Middle 46
6. Bessie Weller Elementary 46
7. Arthur R. Ware Elementary 46
8. Thomas C. Mcswain Elementary 44
9. Staunton High 43
10. Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Middle 43
11. Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Elementary 43
12. Staunton City School Preschool Programs 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Staunton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Staunton City School Preschool Programs 64.8/100
  2. 2 Bessie Weller Elementary 64.1/100
  3. 3 Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind High 64.1/100
  4. 4 Arthur R. Ware Elementary 60.9/100
  5. 5 Staunton High 58.8/100

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Which Staunton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Riverheads Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Staunton schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Staunton, VA? ▼

Staunton has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,556 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.