Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Virginia.

Cities in Virginia with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in public schools.

127 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Student-Teacher Ratio	Public Schools
1	Sterling	32,411	9.7:1	7
2	Sugarland Run	12,629	10.3:1	5
3	Woodlawn (Fairfax County)	21,194	11.5:1	2
4	Bristol	16,849	11.5:1	8
5	Leesburg	49,171	11.6:1	16
6	Newington	13,478	11.8:1	1
7	Lynchburg	79,497	12.1:1	24
8	Staunton	25,948	12.1:1	11
9	East Highland Park	15,265	12.1:1	5
10	Charlottesville	45,437	12.4:1	13
11	Springfield	31,154	12.4:1	10
12	Salem	25,618	12.4:1	10
13	Merrifield	20,698	12.4:1	2
14	Huntington	13,502	12.4:1	1
15	Woodburn	9,503	12.4:1	2
16	Martinsville	13,658	12.5:1	5
17	Dranesville	11,828	12.5:1	3
18	Warrenton	10,176	12.5:1	4
19	Reston	64,414	12.6:1	11
20	Meadowbrook	20,749	12.6:1	5
21	Manchester	12,445	12.6:1	3
22	Herndon	24,672	12.7:1	2
23	Cascades	12,357	12.7:1	3
24	Fort Hunt	16,700	12.8:1	6
25	Gloucester Point	11,109	12.9:1	1
26	Christiansburg	22,720	13.0:1	9
27	Vienna	16,412	13.0:1	5
28	Groveton	13,931	13.0:1	2
29	Danville	42,214	13.1:1	16
30	Rose Hill (Fairfax County)	21,066	13.1:1	8
31	Hybla Valley	17,257	13.1:1	5
32	Ashburn	46,026	13.2:1	7
33	Madison Heights	10,266	13.2:1	4
34	Roanoke	98,355	13.3:1	29
35	Bailey's Crossroads	24,271	13.3:1	3
36	Norfolk	233,596	13.4:1	53
37	Centreville	71,706	13.4:1	11
38	Mechanicsville	38,683	13.4:1	7
39	Colonial Heights	18,352	13.4:1	6
40	Lowes Island	11,018	13.5:1	2
41	Fair Oaks	35,545	13.6:1	2
42	Blacksburg	45,446	13.7:1	6
43	South Riding	34,352	13.7:1	4
44	Hopewell	22,959	13.7:1	7
45	Mount Vernon	13,122	13.7:1	4
46	Poquoson	12,639	13.7:1	4
47	Chantilly	24,036	13.8:1	6
48	Lincolnia	20,320	13.8:1	5
49	Stone Ridge	16,603	13.8:1	4
50	Williamsburg	15,798	13.8:1	3
51	Loudoun Valley Estates	10,271	13.8:1	3
52	Woodbridge	43,945	13.9:1	9
53	Hollins	17,097	13.9:1	2
54	Highland Springs	14,296	13.9:1	10
55	New Baltimore	11,919	13.9:1	2
56	Triangle	10,450	13.9:1	2
57	Arlington	236,254	14.0:1	42
58	Front Royal	15,296	14.0:1	8
59	Hampton	137,557	14.1:1	36
60	Brambleton	24,537	14.1:1	6
61	Falls Church	14,710	14.1:1	4
62	Annandale	41,705	14.2:1	9
63	Waynesboro	22,841	14.2:1	7
64	Idylwood	17,559	14.2:1	6
65	Broadlands	14,353	14.2:1	4
66	Lansdowne	12,328	14.2:1	3
67	Bon Air	16,904	14.3:1	3
68	Portsmouth	97,190	14.4:1	23
69	West Springfield	22,532	14.4:1	6
70	Sudley	19,162	14.4:1	4
71	Glen Allen	17,551	14.4:1	7
72	Oakton	36,528	14.5:1	5
73	Culpeper	20,794	14.5:1	5
74	Petersburg	33,537	14.6:1	9
75	West Falls Church	31,279	14.6:1	7
76	Cave Spring	25,742	14.6:1	7
77	Lake Barcroft	10,973	14.6:1	4
78	Harrisonburg	51,392	14.7:1	12
79	Dale City	71,016	14.8:1	16
80	Fredericksburg	28,873	14.8:1	5
81	Alexandria	156,976	14.9:1	20
82	Chester	24,474	14.9:1	4
83	Chesapeake	252,583	15.0:1	50
84	Tysons	28,936	15.0:1	3
85	Midlothian	19,120	15.0:1	5
86	Franklin Farm	18,736	15.0:1	2
87	Franconia	18,335	15.0:1	2
88	Bull Run (Prince William County)	16,859	15.0:1	4
89	Great Falls	15,228	15.0:1	2
90	Virginia Beach	456,349	15.1:1	89
91	Stuarts Draft	11,780	15.2:1	4
92	Manassas Park	16,798	15.4:1	4
93	Suffolk	98,796	15.5:1	22
94	Fairfax	25,026	15.5:1	5
95	McNair	22,655	15.5:1	3
96	Wolf Trap	15,858	15.5:1	2
97	Brandermill	13,730	15.5:1	8
98	McLean	49,627	15.6:1	11
99	Cherry Hill	26,044	15.6:1	7
100	Lorton	20,991	15.6:1	1
101	Timberlake	12,725	15.6:1	3
102	Fairfax Station	12,566	15.6:1	1
103	Kingstowne	18,360	15.7:1	1
104	Newington Forest	12,316	15.7:1	1
105	Newport News	184,216	15.8:1	48
106	Burke Centre	17,037	15.8:1	2
107	Lakeside	12,654	15.8:1	3
108	Richmond	229,359	16.0:1	59
109	Leesylvania	21,632	16.0:1	3
110	Laurel	18,721	16.1:1	6
111	Wyndham	12,099	16.1:1	1
112	Manassas	42,976	16.2:1	12
113	Yorkshire	9,782	16.3:1	1
114	Tuckahoe	49,183	16.4:1	8
115	Winchester	27,913	16.4:1	8
116	Buckhall	21,602	16.4:1	4
117	Wakefield	11,930	16.4:1	2
118	Independent Hill	10,853	16.7:1	6
119	Linton Hall	41,876	16.8:1	7
120	Forest	13,430	16.8:1	3
121	Lake Ridge	46,049	16.9:1	10
122	Gainesville	18,196	17.3:1	6
123	Short Pump	29,026	17.4:1	7
124	Montclair	22,387	18.6:1	3
125	Kings Park West	13,442	18.8:1	4
126	Burke	44,029	19.1:1	8
127	Radford	16,726	19.1:1	5