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Albemarle County Public Schools

Charlottesville, Virginia · Public school district · #19 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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14,149

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,306

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Virginia median

13.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Albemarle County Public Schools is a public school district based in Charlottesville, Virginia, serving 14,149 students in 25 schools. By enrollment it ranks #19 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 84% of them. Its schools average 566 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $14,306 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Virginia median. It has roughly 13.3 students per teacher. We've matched 1 news story to the district.

How Albemarle County compares

Albemarle CountyVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,306

Virginia median $12,729 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,760

Virginia median $7,559 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Students per school566

Virginia median 509 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.3

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor277

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$308.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 20%Local 75%

Measure	Albemarle County	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,306	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,760	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$229.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$308.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,065	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,757	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.3	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	277	290	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Virginia median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

In the news

1 story matched

Leadership

Three Albemarle County Public Schools principals are 'out of the building' and parents want to know why

Charlottesville Tomorrow · October 2, 2026

Peer districts in Virginia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Suffolk City Public SchoolsSuffolk	14,565	22	$12,237	14.5	#17
Frederick County Public SchoolsWinchester	14,447	19	$13,508	14.1	#18
Albemarle County Public SchoolsCharlottesville · this district	14,149	25	$14,306	13.3	#19
Roanoke City Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,811	26	$13,816	12.2	#20
Roanoke County Public SchoolsRoanoke	13,735	29	$11,695	13.7	#21

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Burbank UnifiedBurbank, CA	14,168	$12,045	24.3
Iron DistrictCedar City, UT	14,125	$7,942	26.6
Pueblo School District No. 60Pueblo, CO	14,104	$10,969	16.7
Bismarck 1Bismarck, ND	14,098	$13,261	14.5

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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