Regular local school district · Halifax County
Halifax County Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Halifax County Public Schools runs 10 public schools with 4,496 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.2 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 4,496
- Teachers (FTE)
- 370
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1030 Mary Bethune St Mary Bethune Ofc Complex, Halifax, VA 24558
- Phone
- (434)476-2171
- County
- Halifax County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5101770
- State district ID
- VA-041
- Total staff (FTE)
- 548
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 346 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.2
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 (4,690), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $61.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.3 million
- State revenue
- $38.4 million
- Local revenue
- $13.9 million
- Total spending
- $60.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,893
- Salaries
- $32.8 million54.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $29.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.2%
- State: 62.3%
- Local: 22.6%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,893
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Halifax County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clays Mill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 236 | 12.4 |
| Cluster Springs ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 572 | 15.1 |
| Halifax County HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,282 | 11.1 |
| Halifax County MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 847 | 11.9 |
| Meadville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 173 | 17.3 |
| Scottsburg ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 187 | 11.0 |
| Sinai ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 243 | 11.0 |
| South Boston ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 683 | 14.8 |
| South Boston/Halifax Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 116 | 10.5 |
| Sydnor Jennings ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 157 | 9.2 |
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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.