Regular local school district · Salem city
Salem City Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Salem City Public Schools runs 8 public schools with 3,984 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.9 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,984
- Teachers (FTE)
- 364
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 510 South College Ave, Salem, VA 24153
- Phone
- (540)389-0130
- County
- Salem city
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5103460
- State district ID
- VA-139
- Total staff (FTE)
- 728
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 332 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.9
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 (3,828), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $50.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.5 million
- State revenue
- $24.4 million
- Local revenue
- $21.2 million
- Total spending
- $62.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,437
- Salaries
- $28.9 million45.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $14.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 48.7%
- Local: 42.3%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,437
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Salem City Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Andrew Lewis Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 839 | 17.5 |
| East Salem ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 378 | 13.0 |
| G.W. Carver ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 404 | 13.9 |
| Salem Alternative | ||||
| Salem High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,202 | 9.1 |
| South Salem Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 371 | 10.3 |
| Virginia Virtual Academy at Salem | Other | K to 12 | 415 | 7.0 |
| West Salem Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 375 | 13.9 |
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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.