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well below the state average and neighboring counties in total per pupil expenditures for operations in 1979-80. For its 1,152 average daily membership, Rappahannock spent $1,383 per pupil. The average throughout the state’s city and county school divisions was $1,753. By comparison, Culpeper spent $1,540 per pupil; Fauquier $1,654; Madison $1,598; Orange $1,544. Of the 140 school systems listed in Facing Up for 1979-80, 20 spent less per pupil than Rappahannock.

In Facing Up's table on capital outlay, Rappahannock’s debt service payment for 1979-80 is given as $64,603. Only 17 school divisions spent less in debt service. By comparison, expenditures in neighboring counties were $953,235 in Culpeper; $1,561,546 in Fauquier; $139,235 in

91.8%