Hanover County Public Schools, Virginia, elections

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Hanover County Public Schools
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District details
School board members: 7
Students: 17,066 (2022-2023)
Schools: 25 (2022-2023)
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Hanover County Public Schools is a school district in Virginia (Hanover County). During the 2023 school year, 17,066 students attended one of the district's 25 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing


Most county boards of education have elections in odd-numbered years either every two years or every four years. As of 2022, elections in all but one county — Arlington County — were off-cycle from federal elections. They are held at the same time as the state's odd-year state legislative and gubernatorial elections. There are 91 county school districts in Virginia. The Arlington County School Board holds elections every year.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 15.2

The elections for most city and town school boards are held during even-numbered years and are on-cycle with federal elections. There are several cities that hold school board elections in odd-numbered years or annually. Details of city and town school board elections are largely set in local charters. There are 41 municipal school districts in Virginia.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1-57.3


Election system

School board members in Virginia are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education and Section 24.1. Elections

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Virginia are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Virginia state law requires that school board candidates qualify for the ballot through the petition process for independent candidates. It does not allow school board candidates to qualify for the ballot as party nominees. This means that all school board candidates in Virginia are listed as independent in the secretary of state's official candidate list. On the ballot, the names of candidates are displayed without any party affiliation or additional disclosure of any kind. There is no route in state law for a school board candidate to be listed on the ballot with a party affiliation.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Sections 22.1. Education and 24.1. Elections

Winning an election

School board candidates that receive the largest number of votes in the nonpartisan general election are elected to office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education and Section 24.1. Elections

Term length and staggering

The length of school board member terms depends on the terms of the members of the relevant county, city, or town governing body. As of 2022, most school districts (121 or 91.7%) had 4-year school board terms. Ten school districts had 3-year board member terms.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education and Section 24.1. Elections

School board seat elections are either not staggered or staggered in a way that depends on the organization of the district and the relevant county, city, or town prior to the referendum establishing elected board members; special act; or local charter. State law has special provisions concerning the staggering of school board elections in Bath, Loudoun, Pittsylvania, Pulaski, and Rockbridge Counties.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education and Section 24.1. Elections

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

School members are elected at large, from sub-districts, or through a combination of the two.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education and Section 24.1. Elections

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

School board candidates must file declarations of candidacy by 7:00 pm on the third Tuesday in June.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 24.1. Elections

School board candidates cannot circulate nominating petitions until after the first day of January of the year of the election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 24.1. Elections

Newly elected school board members officially take office on the first day of January following their election.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: Virginia Statutes Section 22.1. Education

 


About the district

School board

Hanover County Public Schools consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Karen Lynne20242028
Bob Seifert20242028
Greg Coleman20232027
Whitney Welsh20232027
Ryan Martin20242026
Steven Ikenberry2025
Robert May2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Hanover County Public Schools
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Virginia House of Delegates District 59Buddy FowlerRepublican Party 62% 42%
Virginia House of Delegates District 60Scott WyattRepublican Party 38% 67%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $15,098,000 $914 7%
Local: $118,753,000 $7,189 52%
State: $93,943,000 $5,687 41%
Total: $227,794,000 $13,790
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $214,442,000 $12,981
Total Current Expenditures: $194,536,000 $11,776
Instructional Expenditures: $132,730,000 $8,034 62%
Student and Staff Support: $17,812,000 $1,078 8%
Administration: $16,706,000 $1,011 8%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $27,288,000 $1,651 13%
Total Capital Outlay: $16,884,000 $1,022
Construction: $7,501,000 $454
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $1,941,000 $117
Interest on Debt: $0 $0

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 79 80-84 52 65 40-59 74 82
2018-2019 90 90-94 79 83 >=80 88 91
2016-2017 81 80-84 70 75 70-79 80 82
2015-2016 87 90-94 75 82 70-79 80 90
2014-2015 87 >=95 73 81 70-79 79 89
2013-2014 81 90-94 64 74 60-69 75-79 84
2012-2013 80 85-89 60 73 60-69 75-79 83
2011-2012 78 85-89 59 70 60-69 70-74 80
2010-2011 92 90-94 83 85-89 80-89 85-89 93

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 81 75-79 63 65 60-79 83 84
2018-2019 84 80-84 70 74 >=80 81 87
2017-2018 86 90-94 71 73 60-79 84 89
2016-2017 85 85-89 69 76 60-79 83 88
2015-2016 85 90-94 68 75 >=80 81 88
2014-2015 85 85-89 68 76 >=80 75-79 87
2013-2014 82 85-89 64 71 70-79 75-79 85
2012-2013 83 85-89 65 70 70-79 75-79 86
2011-2012 93 90-94 81 85-89 >=90 85-89 95
2010-2011 93 85-89 84 85-89 >=90 90-94 94

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 95 >=90 90-94 >=90 PS >=90 96
2018-2019 93 >=80 90-94 85-89 >=50 80-89 94
2017-2018 94 >=90 85-89 80-89 >=50 >=90 95
2016-2017 93 >=80 90-94 70-79 >=50 80-89 94
2015-2016 93 >=80 85-89 80-89 94
2014-2015 91 >=80 85-89 >=90 92
2013-2014 93 >=80 85-89 >=90 94
2012-2013 92 >=80 80-84 80-89 93
2011-2012 90 >=80 80-84 80-89 92
2010-2011 91 80-84 >=80 92

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 17,066 1.2
2021-2022 16,863 2.0
2020-2021 16,519 -6.2
2019-2020 17,541 -1.1
2018-2019 17,726 -1.5
2017-2018 18,000 -0.2
2016-2017 18,039 -0.1
2015-2016 18,061 0.1
2014-2015 18,041 -1.2
2013-2014 18,264 -0.6
2012-2013 18,370 -0.9
2011-2012 18,531 -0.5
2010-2011 18,628 -1.2
2009-2010 18,854 -0.6
2008-2009 18,970 -0.7
2007-2008 19,100 -0.5
2006-2007 19,201 2.9
2005-2006 18,644 0.6
2004-2005 18,529 2.1
2003-2004 18,139 3.2
2002-2003 17,563 2.1
2001-2002 17,192 3.4
2000-2001 16,611 1.8
1999-2000 16,306 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Hanover County Public Schools (%) Virginia K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.2 0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 3.0 7.5
Black 9.1 21.6
Hispanic 7.3 18.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.2
Two or More Races 6.1 6.7
White 74.3 45.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Hanover County Public Schools had 1,263.25 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 13.51.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 9.00
Kindergarten: 57.00
Elementary: 464.00
Secondary: 733.25
Total: 1,263.25

Hanover County Public Schools employed 47.00 district administrators and 64.00 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 47.00
District Administrative Support: 38.50
School Administrators: 64.00
School Administrative Support: 72.00
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 305.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 128.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 57.25
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 22.25
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 35.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 31.25
Library/Media Support: 15.00
Student Support Services: 503.25
Other Support Services: 99.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

Hanover County Public Schools operates 25 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Atlee High1,5269-12
Battlefield Park Elementary404PK-5
Beaverdam Elementary292PK-5
Bell Creek Middle9346-8
Chickahominy Middle1,1316-8
Cold Harbor Elementary527PK-5
Cool Spring Elementary778PK-5
Elmont Elementary395PK-5
Hanover High1,4279-12
Henry Clay Elementary361PK-2
John M. Gandy Elementary3223-5
Kersey Creek Elementary701PK-5
Laurel Meadow Elementary569PK-5
Liberty Middle9116-8
Mechanicsville Elementary615PK-5
Mechanicsville High1,3549-12
Oak Knoll Middle9416-8
Patrick Henry High1,3239-12
Pearson'S Corner Elementary575PK-5
Pole Green Elementary534PK-5
Rural Point Elementary607PK-5
South Anna Elementary454PK-5
The Georgetown School0
The Hanover Center For Trades And Technology0
Washington-Henry Elementary385PK-5

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
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