School spending per student in Virginia, every district

Surry County Public Schools spent $25,743 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, the most of any Virginia district with 500 or more students; the median Virginia district with 1,000 or more students spent $14,972. Small rural districts and districts with many students in special programs spend more per student.

NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · current spending over fall 2022 membership · method

Current spending per student, Virginia, fiscal year 2022-23Surry County Public Schools $25,743; Greensville County Public Schools $25,104; Sussex County Public Schools $24,850; Falls Church City Public Schools $24,047; Arlington County Public Schools $23,424; Bath County Public Schools $22,792; Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Richmond City Public Schools $21,413; Rappahannock County Public Schools $21,264; Charles City County Public Schools $20,589; Virginia median $14,972.010k20k30kSurry County Public Schools$25,743Greensville County Public Schools$25,104Sussex County Public Schools$24,850Falls Church City Public Schools$24,047Arlington County Public Schools$23,424Bath County Public Schools$22,792Alexandria City Public Schools$21,716Richmond City Public Schools$21,413Rappahannock County Public Schools$21,264Charles City County Public Schools$20,589Virginia median $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia, fiscal year 2022-23Surry County Public Schools $25,743; Greensville County Public Schools $25,104; Sussex County Public Schools $24,850; Falls Church City Public Schools $24,047; Arlington County Public Schools $23,424; Bath County Public Schools $22,792; Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Richmond City Public Schools $21,413; Rappahannock County Public Schools $21,264; Charles City County Public Schools $20,589; Virginia median $14,972.010k20k30kSurry County Public Schools$25,743Greensville County Public Schools$25,104Sussex County Public Schools$24,850Falls Church City Public Schools$24,047Arlington County Public Schools$23,424Bath County Public Schools$22,792Alexandria City Public Schools$21,716Richmond City Public Schools$21,413Rappahannock County Public Schools$21,264Charles City County Public Schools$20,589Virginia median $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia, fiscal year 2022-23Surry County Public Schools $25,743; Greensville County Public Schools $25,104; Sussex County Public Schools $24,850; Falls Church City Public Schools $24,047; Arlington County Public Schools $23,424; Bath County Public Schools $22,792; Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Richmond City Public Schools $21,413; Rappahannock County Public Schools $21,264; Charles City County Public Schools $20,589; Virginia median $14,972.010k20k30kSurry County Public Schools$25,743Greensville County Public Schools$25,104Sussex County Public Schools$24,850Falls Church City Public Schools$24,047Arlington County Public Schools$23,424Bath County Public Schools$22,792Alexandria City Public Schools$21,716Richmond City Public Schools$21,413Rappahannock County Public Schools$21,264Charles City County Public Schools$20,589Virginia median $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia, fiscal year 2022-23Surry County Public Schools $25,743; Greensville County Public Schools $25,104; Sussex County Public Schools $24,850; Falls Church City Public Schools $24,047; Arlington County Public Schools $23,424; Bath County Public Schools $22,792; Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Richmond City Public Schools $21,413; Rappahannock County Public Schools $21,264; Charles City County Public Schools $20,589; Virginia median $14,972.010k20k30kSurry County Public Schools$25,743Greensville County Public Schools$25,104Sussex County Public Schools$24,850Falls Church City Public Schools$24,047Arlington County Public Schools$23,424Bath County Public Schools$22,792Alexandria City Public Schools$21,716Richmond City Public Schools$21,413Rappahannock County Public Schools$21,264Charles City County Public Schools$20,589Virginia median $14,972

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

All 128 districts with 500 or more students, highest spending per student first

DistrictCountyStudents, fall 2022Per student
Surry County Public SchoolsSurry County681$25,743
Greensville County Public SchoolsEmporia city2,034$25,104
Sussex County Public SchoolsSussex County998$24,850
Falls Church City Public SchoolsFalls Church city2,496$24,047
Arlington County Public SchoolsArlington County27,562$23,424
Bath County Public SchoolsBath County504$22,792
Alexandria City Public SchoolsAlexandria city16,040$21,716
Richmond City Public SchoolsRichmond city21,130$21,413
Rappahannock County Public SchoolsRappahannock County735$21,264
Charles City County Public SchoolsCharles City County562$20,589
Charlottesville City Public SchoolsCharlottesville city4,485$19,953
Loudoun County Public SchoolsLoudoun County81,678$19,934
Mathews County Public SchoolsMathews County911$19,565
Nelson County Public SchoolsNelson County1,480$19,458
Fairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County179,858$18,975
The other 113 on the list
DistrictCountyStudents, fall 2022Per student
Brunswick County Public SchoolsBrunswick County1,405$18,712
Northumberland County Public SchoolsNorthumberland County1,200$18,689
Colonial Beach Public SchoolsWestmoreland County574$18,601
Winchester City Public SchoolsWinchester city4,268$18,463
Danville City Public SchoolsDanville city5,684$18,424
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke city13,597$18,406
Franklin City Public SchoolsFranklin city1,023$18,288
Westmoreland County Public SchoolsWestmoreland County1,561$17,913
Cumberland County Public SchoolsCumberland County1,283$17,801
Bristol City Public SchoolsBristol city2,194$17,722
Essex County Public SchoolsEssex County1,181$17,613
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville city13,937$17,536
Martinsville City Public SchoolsMartinsville city1,810$17,343
Fredericksburg City Public SchoolsFredericksburg city3,762$17,150
Lynchburg City Public SchoolsLynchburg city7,856$17,083
Lancaster County Public SchoolsLancaster County1,039$16,962
Manassas City Public SchoolsManassas city7,413$16,832
Hopewell City Public SchoolsHopewell city3,984$16,800
Buena Vista City Public SchoolsBuena Vista city889$16,729
King and Queen County Public SchoolsKing and Queen County858$16,570
Middlesex County Public SchoolsMiddlesex County1,244$16,498
Petersburg City Public SchoolsPetersburg city4,272$16,474
Staunton City Public SchoolsStaunton city2,692$16,422
Waynesboro City Public SchoolsWaynesboro city3,041$16,393
Grayson County Public SchoolsGrayson County1,561$16,370
Norfolk City Public SchoolsNorfolk city27,306$16,341
Newport News City Public SchoolsNewport News city26,531$16,082
Colonial Heights City Public SchoolsColonial Heights city2,843$15,988
West Point Public SchoolsKing William County810$15,928
Northampton County Public SchoolsNorthampton County1,359$15,918
Charlotte County Public SchoolsCharlotte County1,668$15,891
Floyd County Public SchoolsFloyd County1,746$15,840
Rockbridge County Public SchoolsRockbridge County2,549$15,836
Fauquier County Public SchoolsFauquier County10,837$15,817
Harrisonburg City Public SchoolsHarrisonburg city6,682$15,787
Buckingham County Public SchoolsBuckingham County1,992$15,667
Prince Edward County Public SchoolsPrince Edward County1,887$15,564
Nottoway County Public SchoolsNottoway County1,810$15,548
Prince William County Public SchoolsPrince William County91,101$15,373
Dickenson County Public SchoolsDickenson County1,946$15,340
Madison County Public SchoolsMadison County1,680$15,330
Chesapeake City Public SchoolsChesapeake city40,769$15,274
Halifax County Public SchoolsHalifax County4,620$15,238
Smyth County Public SchoolsSmyth County3,981$15,196
Buchanan County Public SchoolsBuchanan County2,462$15,191
Louisa County Public SchoolsLouisa County5,173$15,182
Lee County Public SchoolsLee County2,949$15,131
Southampton County Public SchoolsSouthampton County2,579$15,083
Mecklenburg County Public SchoolsMecklenburg County3,972$15,069
Franklin County Public SchoolsFranklin County6,252$15,045
Goochland County Public SchoolsGoochland County2,642$15,045
Hampton City Public SchoolsHampton city19,796$15,034
Manassas Park City Public SchoolsManassas Park city3,434$15,025
Shenandoah County Public SchoolsShenandoah County5,630$14,918
Salem City Public SchoolsSalem city3,750$14,892
Portsmouth City Public SchoolsPortsmouth city13,371$14,888
Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVirginia Beach city65,456$14,888
Lunenburg County Public SchoolsLunenburg County1,575$14,848
Alleghany Highlands Public SchoolsAlleghany County2,878$14,827
Williamsburg-James City County Public SchoolsWilliamsburg city11,375$14,756
Rockingham County Public SchoolsHarrisonburg city11,497$14,743
Richmond County Public SchoolsRichmond County1,346$14,612
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester city13,960$14,605
Gloucester County Public SchoolsGloucester County5,054$14,604
Bland County Public SchoolsBland County796$14,560
Dinwiddie County Public SchoolsDinwiddie County4,256$14,552
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk city14,490$14,431
Accomack County Public SchoolsAccomack County4,726$14,426
Greene County Public SchoolsGreene County2,838$14,377
Russell County Public SchoolsRussell County3,375$14,376
Clarke County Public SchoolsClarke County1,892$14,369
Norton City Public SchoolsNorton city813$14,362
Page County Public SchoolsPage County3,030$14,343
Amherst County Public SchoolsAmherst County3,987$14,301
Washington County Public SchoolsWashington County6,737$14,125
Montgomery County Public SchoolsMontgomery County9,693$14,114
Galax City Public SchoolsGalax city1,393$14,113
Amelia County Public SchoolsAmelia County1,663$14,096
Fluvanna County Public SchoolsFluvanna County3,438$14,076
Pittsylvania County Public SchoolsPittsylvania County7,918$14,072
Carroll County Public SchoolsCarroll County3,505$14,021
Augusta County Public SchoolsAugusta County10,076$13,991
Wise County Public SchoolsWise County5,913$13,973
Pulaski County Public SchoolsPulaski County3,988$13,947
Warren County Public SchoolsWarren County5,165$13,947
Patrick County Public SchoolsPatrick County2,481$13,922
Botetourt County Public SchoolsBotetourt County4,492$13,903
Spotsylvania County Public SchoolsSpotsylvania County24,201$13,858
York County Public SchoolsYork County12,640$13,844
Henry County Public SchoolsHenry County7,010$13,812
King William County Public SchoolsKing William County2,084$13,537
Bedford County Public SchoolsBedford County9,084$13,519
Wythe County Public SchoolsWythe County3,878$13,467
Stafford County Public SchoolsStafford County31,105$13,431
New Kent County Public SchoolsNew Kent County3,435$13,400
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke County13,811$13,365
Isle of Wight County Public SchoolsIsle of Wight County5,627$13,320
Poquoson City Public SchoolsPoquoson city2,055$13,306
Prince George County Public SchoolsPrince George County6,106$13,299
Orange County Public SchoolsOrange County5,035$13,297
Campbell County Public SchoolsCampbell County7,873$13,250
Tazewell County Public SchoolsTazewell County5,416$13,165
Powhatan County Public SchoolsPowhatan County4,241$13,138
Culpeper County Public SchoolsCulpeper County8,352$13,061
Hanover County Public SchoolsHanover County17,066$13,035
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico County50,389$12,973
Caroline County Public SchoolsCaroline County4,337$12,960
Scott County Public SchoolsScott County4,024$12,841
King George County Public SchoolsKing George County4,521$12,806
Chesterfield County Public SchoolsChesterfield County63,916$12,776
Appomattox County Public SchoolsAppomattox County2,361$12,435
Giles County Public SchoolsGiles County3,457$11,829
Radford City Public SchoolsRadford city3,690$9,898

Source: NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education (TCURELSC) over fall membership (V33).

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Sources

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District current expenditures and membership · FY 2022-23

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