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Chesapeake City Public Schools

Chesapeake, Virginia · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

40,607
Students enrolled
48
Public schools
2,947
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.8:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 823
  • Kindergarten 2,607
  • Grade 1 2,788
  • Grade 2 2,880
  • Grade 3 3,053
  • Grade 4 3,049
  • Grade 5 2,937
  • Grade 6 2,998
  • Grade 7 3,213
  • Grade 8 3,096
  • Grade 9 3,408
  • Grade 10 3,328
  • Grade 11 3,227
  • Grade 12 3,200

By race/ethnicity

  • White 42%
  • Black or African American 31%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Asian 3%
  • 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

49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 19,921 of 40,607 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 48%
  • Reduced-price lunch 1%

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

$16,117 spent per student on day-to-day operations Virginia median: $15,721 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,884
  • Support services $5,810
  • Other (food service, etc.) $423

Where the money comes from

  • Local 44%
  • State 45%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $750.4 milliontotal spending $735.8 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)

City: LargeStudents: 80% city, 20% rural

Total staff (FTE)

6,702

District office

1421 Kristina Way, Chesapeake VA 23320

County

Chesapeake City

Official website

NCES District ID

5100810

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About Chesapeake City Public Schools

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

The mission of the Chesapeake Public Schools is to ensure that students attain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to become lifelong learners and productive citizens by combining the efforts of the students, parents, community and staff to provide a quality education in a safe, orderly environment in which human dignity is valued.
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Public Schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools (48)

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Western Branch Intermediate

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