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Vermont · NCES district 5000420

Southern Valley Unified Sch Dist

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2021 Census per-pupil spending
$17,739
Fall 2020 NCES membership
116
Closed school entries in available years
0

NCES fall membership changed -10.8% from 130 in 2019 to 116 in 2020.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 42 Vermont elementary districts with FY 2021 data here was $15,032. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$2,188,000$17,363124UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$2,061,000$14,7541301302000
2020–212021$2,154,000$17,7391151162000
2021–22UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2022–23UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2023–24UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2020 to FY 2021 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$2,468 · +12.8% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending-$36
Change in enrollment+$2,504

Real current spending -0.2% · Census fall enrollment -11.5%

Which schools changed status?

0 school entries have a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

No status-change entries appear in those directory records.

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$2,829,000$6,000$2,780,000$43,000$1,609,000$502,000$19,000$3,543,000Alternative source
FY 2020$2,743,000$5,000$2,702,000$36,000$1,298,000$688,000$12,000$3,372,000Alternative source
FY 2021$3,710,000$127,000$3,431,000$152,000$1,167,000$916,000$19,000$3,371,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data