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Budget & Finance Information

Item Actual Fiscal year 2023 Estimated Fiscal Year 2024* Estimated Fiscal Year 2025**
Total Expenditures for Operations $63,144,899 $70,985,726 $67,985,347
State Per Pupil Amount $8,538 $10,749 $11,163
State Sales Tax Per Pupil Amount $1,522 $1,383 $1,405
Federal Per Pupil Amount $2,426 $3,581 $2,546
Local Per Pupil Amount $3,490 $2,768 $3,133
Total Per Pupil Amount $15,976 $18,481 $18,247
End-of-Year Average Daily Membership 3,952.63 3,840.8 3,726

*Actual Fiscal Year 2024 figures will be posted on the Smyth County School Board website after they are verified by the Virginia Department of Education.

**Estimated Fiscal Year 2025 figures are based on the preliminary approved Smyth County School Board budget for fiscal year 2025.

Pursuant to Section 22.1-92 of the Code of Virginia, each school division superintendent shall prepare and distribute notification of the estimated average per pupil cost for public education in the school division for the coming school year in accordance with the budget estimates provided to the local governing body. Such notification shall also include actual per pupil state and local education expenditures for the previous year. The notice may also include federal funds expended for public education in the school division.

The information presented above outlines the estimated average per pupil cost for public education in Smyth County for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 and actual per pupil costs for fiscal year 2023.