School district · Virginia
Winchester City Public Schools
Winchester City Public Schools in Virginia: 7 public schools with 4,362 students and 17.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,639 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,362
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- VA 13.4 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $19,639
- VA $17.1K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 244
- Counselors (FTE)
- 9.2
- Students per counselor
- 475
- VA 280 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 5.0
- Librarians (FTE): 2.3
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Virginia: 72%59%proficient
−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of school districts in Virginia
Median 70% · 131 school districts compared
1,801 students tested, grades 3–8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Math
Virginia: 66%60%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in Virginia
Median 67% · 131 school districts compared
1,652 students tested, grades 3–8 · Standards of Learning; proficient means Levels 2-3
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 18% · $17.1M
- State
- 39% · $36.5M
- Local
- 42% · $39.5M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $10,915
- Support services
- $7,971
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.3M
- Long-term debt
- $49.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frederick Douglass ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 376 | 12.6 | 73% | 74% |
| Pre-K–4 | 410 | 14.2 | 61% | 68% | |
John Kerr ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 583 | 14.9 | 57% | 66% |
Virginia Avenue Charlotte Dehart ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 415 | 15.1 | 40% | 47% |
Daniel Morgan IntermediateFree meals for all | 5–6 | 575 | 21.0 | 57% | 60% |
Daniel Morgan MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 642 | 22.1 | 64% | 55% |
John Handley HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,361 | 21.7 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 598 N Kent St, Winchester, VA 22601
- Phone
- (540)667-4253
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.