Regular local school district · Harrisonburg city
Harrisonburg City Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Harrisonburg City Public Schools runs 11 public schools with 6,652 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,652
- Teachers (FTE)
- 483
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- One Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA 22801
- Phone
- (540)434-9916
- County
- Harrisonburg city
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5101860
- State district ID
- VA-113
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,138
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 238 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.8
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 (6,505), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $99.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.3 million
- State revenue
- $48.7 million
- Local revenue
- $39.5 million
- Total spending
- $93.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,404
- Salaries
- $53.0 million56.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 48.9%
- Local: 39.7%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,404
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Harrisonburg City Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bluestone ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 566 | 14.5 |
| Harrisonburg HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 998 | 12.8 |
| Harrisonburg High School Governor's STEM Academy | ||||
| Keister ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 475 | 14.8 |
| Rocktown HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,011 | 15.1 |
| Skyline MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 738 | 12.7 |
| Smithland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 514 | 13.2 |
| Spotswood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 468 | 14.2 |
| Stone Spring ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 554 | 15.0 |
| Thomas Harrison MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 771 | 13.5 |
| Waterman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 557 | 14.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Harrisonburg city
- Rockingham County Public Schools 11,679 students
- Massanutten Technical Center
More in Virginia
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.