An equity score of 48/100 ranks Alleghany Highlands Public Schools #73 of 131 districts in Virginia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,827 per pupil, Alleghany Highlands Public Schools ranks #76 of 131 Virginia districts by per-pupil spending (Virginia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,878
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$14,827
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 $14,827 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 #73 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 largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
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 reports 74.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
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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