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Jefferson County Schools

A public school district in Charles Town, West Virginia, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,386
Students enrolled
561.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,248
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,424
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,386 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,101st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 9th of 62 in West Virginia. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,424 in fiscal year 2023
More than 39% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Jefferson County Schools spent $14,424 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,338 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Jefferson County Schools spent $14,424 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,338 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,424$121.0 million8,389
FY2022$12,888$111.9 million8,682
FY2021$12,948$110.1 million8,506
FY2020$12,060$108.0 million8,954
FY2019$11,819$107.0 million9,055
FY2018$11,269$103.4 million9,180
FY2017$11,145$102.6 million9,202
FY2016$10,977$100.3 million9,138
FY2015$11,128$100.9 million9,066
FY2014$10,933$99.1 million9,061
FY2013$11,139$99.8 million8,958
FY2012$12,205$107.9 million8,842
FY2011$11,749$103.9 million8,845
FY2010$11,909$102.4 million8,595
FY2009$10,682$89.7 million8,398
FY2008$9,562$79.4 million8,299
FY2007$8,931$71.8 million8,043
FY2006$8,699$68.5 million7,874
FY2005$8,338$64.0 million7,672

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Jefferson County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$14.1 million9.9%
State$56.9 million40.2%
Local$70.7 million49.9%
Total$141.6 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

16 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Jefferson County Schools
SchoolStudents
Blue Ridge Elementary School372
C. W. Shipley Elementary School348
Charles Town Middle School603
Driswood Elementary School348
Harpers Ferry Middle School550
Jefferson High School1,431
North Jefferson Elementary247
Page Jackson Elementary366
Ranson Elementary School256
Shepherdstown Elementary School310
Shepherdstown Middle School308
South Jefferson Elementary School453
T A Lowery Elementary School531
Washington High School1,458
Wildwood Middle School429
Wright Denny Intermediate School376

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
5400570

Elsewhere

Sources

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