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Albemarle County Public Schools

Charlottesville, Virginia · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

14,149
Students enrolled
25
Public schools
1,066
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.3:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 343
  • Kindergarten 961
  • Grade 1 1,015
  • Grade 2 1,088
  • Grade 3 1,102
  • Grade 4 1,029
  • Grade 5 1,073
  • Grade 6 1,013
  • Grade 7 1,001
  • Grade 8 1,015
  • Grade 9 1,084
  • Grade 10 1,152
  • Grade 11 1,125
  • Grade 12 1,148

By race/ethnicity

  • White 57%
  • Hispanic/Latino 17%
  • Black or African American 12%
  • Two or more races 7%
  • Asian 7%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

38% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,309 of 14,149 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 36%
  • Reduced-price lunch 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$19,975 spent per student on day-to-day operations Virginia median: $15,721 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,569
  • Support services $7,869
  • Other (food service, etc.) $537

Where the money comes from

  • Local 76%
  • State 20%
  • Federal 4%

Total revenue $386.8 milliontotal spending $320.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: FringeStudents: 48% rural, 33% suburb, 14% town, 5% city

Total staff (FTE)

2,758

District office

401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville VA 22902

County

Charlottesville City

Official website

NCES District ID

5100090

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About Albemarle County Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) serves more than 13,200 students in grades pre-K through 12 in Albemarle County, Virginia, the sixth largest county by area in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the nation’s top places to raise a family, according to Forbes magazine.A diverse locality of 726 square miles in the heart of Central Virginia, Albemarle County is a blend of rural, suburban and urban settings. The County’s urban areas include the area around the independent City of Charlottesville, as well as the Village of Rivanna and the Community of Crozet. The rural areas encompass about 690 square miles. We are proud to maintain community-based elementary schools and state-of-the-art secondary schools. We also offer opportunities for students through two charter schools, a STEM magnet school operating at Albemarle High School, and the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center (CATEC). Regional services are available for students who require a non-traditional learning environment or additional specialized services.
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