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Low Moor, Virginia - 7 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Alleghany Highlands Public Schools #74 of 131 districts in Virginia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,593 per pupil, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools ranks #77 of 131 Virginia districts by per-pupil spending (Virginia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,878
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,593
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools operates 7 public schools serving 2,878 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Virginia. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Alleghany County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,593 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 131 Virginia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Virginia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.4% local, 53.3% state, and 11.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #74 of 131 in Virginia against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 391.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% White, 7.0% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jeter-Watson Elementary, with a diversity index of 42.3/100.
Its largest campus is Alleghany High, enrolling 818 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sharon Elementary, at 216 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Alleghany High accounts for 26.0% of all Alleghany Highlands Public Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Alleghany Highlands Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 216 students (lowest) to 818 students (highest), a spread of 602 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 73.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 391:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 34.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Alleghany Highlands Public Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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