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Chesapeake City Public Schools

Chesapeake, Virginia · Public school district · #7 of 117 Virginia districts by enrollment

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40,607

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,928

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Virginia median

13.8

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Virginia median 13.3

Chesapeake City Public Schools is a public school district based in Chesapeake, Virginia, serving 40,607 students in 48 schools. By enrollment it ranks #7 of the 117 Virginia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 95% of them. Its schools average 846 students each, more than the Virginia median of 509. It spends about $12,928 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher.

How Chesapeake City compares

Chesapeake CityVirginia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,928

Virginia median $12,729 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,313

Virginia median $7,559 · 10% above · FY2020-21

Students per school846

Virginia median 509 · 66% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.8

Virginia median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor290

Virginia median 290 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$540.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 52%Local 39%

Measure	Chesapeake City	Virginia median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,928	$12,729	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,313	$7,559	FY2020-21
Total spending	$569.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$540.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,947	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	6,701	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.8	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	290	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.

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Peer districts in Virginia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Henrico County Public SchoolsHenrico	50,915	79	$11,071	14.9	#6
Chesapeake City Public SchoolsChesapeake · this district	40,607	48	$12,928	13.8	#7
Stafford County Public SchoolsStafford	31,812	34	$11,793	13.6	#8
Arlington County Public SchoolsArlington	27,950	42	$20,023	12.8	#9
Norfolk City Public SchoolsNorfolk	26,807	49	$13,372	12.9	#10

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Union County Public SchoolsMonroe, NC	41,404	$9,737	16.5
United ISDLaredo, TX	40,742	$10,550	15.8
Capistrano UnifiedSan Juan Capistrano, CA	40,358	$12,431	23.0
Tucson Unified District (4403)Tucson, AZ	40,316	$10,066	14.8

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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