Regular local school district · Buchanan County
Buchanan County Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Buchanan County Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 2,316 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,316
- Teachers (FTE)
- 186
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 4447 Slate Creek Road Suite 100, Grundy, VA 24614
- Phone
- (276)935-4551
- County
- Buchanan County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5100510
- State district ID
- VA-014
- Total staff (FTE)
- 442
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 257 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
Virginia14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,516), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $36.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.0 million
- State revenue
- $20.7 million
- Local revenue
- $9.4 million
- Total spending
- $35.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,040
- Salaries
- $18.6 million52.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 57.4%
- Local: 26.1%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,040
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Buchanan County Public Schools
By level: 4 high, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Buchanan County Technology Career & Higher Learning Center | ||||
| Council Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 194 | 12.9 |
| Council HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 115 | 11.5 |
| Grundy HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 352 | 15.3 |
| Hurley Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 323 | 11.5 |
| Hurley HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 194 | 16.2 |
| Riverview Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 719 | 14.7 |
| Twin Valley Elementary/MiddleCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 240 | 11.4 |
| Twin Valley HighCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 179 | 12.8 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.