These ten school districts have the slowest internet in Virginia - WRIC ABC 8News

RICHMOND, Va. (STACKER) — Although entree to high-speed net successful schools has travel a agelong mode successful the past decade, immoderate schoolhouse districts successful Virginia are inactive lagging behind.

In 2013, 70% of U.S. schools lacked an net transportation of 100 Kbps per student, the minimum velocity the Federal Communication Commission acceptable to conscionable basal schoolroom needs. By 2018, less than 2% of schools failed to conscionable that threshold.

Virginia has sought to beforehand precocious velocity net successful under-served areas with national backing nether President Biden’s Infrastructure Act. That backing volition beryllium utilized not lone to payment students successful those areas, but besides the residents who often wage precocious bills for inadequate connections.

Still, astir 28 cardinal U.S. students deficiency capable net speeds to efficaciously and regularly prosecute successful integer schoolroom learning.

Stacker compiled a database of schoolhouse districts successful Virginia with the slowest net speeds utilizing information from Connect K-12. School districts are ranked by net velocity successful Mbps. Ties are breached by the fig of students successful the schoolhouse district.

#10. Wythe County School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.31 Mbps
– Total students: 4,099
– Cost per Mbps: $3.56
– Total monthly cost: $3,919.99

#9. Carroll County School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.3 Mbps
– Total students: 3,726
– Cost per Mbps: $1.62
– Total monthly cost: $1,615.00

#8. Pittsylvania County Public Schools
– Bandwidth per student: 0.29 Mbps
– Total students: 9,004
– Cost per Mbps: $1.65
– Total monthly cost: $3,300.00

#7. Amherst County Public School Division
– Bandwidth per student: 0.27 Mbps
– Total students: 4,146
– Cost per Mbps: $4.7
– Total monthly cost: $4,700.00

#6. Hopewell City School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.27 Mbps
– Total students: 4,272
– Cost per Mbps: $1.3
– Total monthly cost: $1,303.00

#5. Craig County Public Schools
– Bandwidth per student: 0.26 Mbps
– Total students: 590
– Cost per Mbps: $6.77
– Total monthly cost: $1,050.00

#4. Floyd County School Division
– Bandwidth per student: 0.26 Mbps
– Total students: 1,912
– Cost per Mbps: $3.05
– Total monthly cost: $1,525.00

#3. Mecklenburg County School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.26 Mbps
– Total students: 4,393
– Cost per Mbps: $2.53
– Total monthly cost: $2,525.00

#2. Botetourt County School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.25 Mbps
– Total students: 4,570
– Cost per Mbps: $1.35
– Total monthly cost: $1,350.00

#1. Accomack County School District
– Bandwidth per student: 0.18 Mbps
– Total students: 5,309
– Cost per Mbps: $7.2
– Total monthly cost: $5,760.00