Albemarle County School District

Listed by NCES as Albemarle County Public Schools (district ID 5100090)

Public school district · Charlottesville city · Virginia · NCES district ID 5100090

Albemarle County School District spent $17,536 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 83% of the other Virginia districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $14,972). Its 24 schools enrolled 14,149 students in 2024-25; 25.0% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,975 per student, up 13.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 91% (Virginia: 88.8%).

Spending per student among Virginia districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Albemarle County in enrollment (11,375 to 16,040 students) and Albemarle County itself.

Current spending per student, Virginia districts closest in size to Albemarle County, FY23Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Roanoke City Public Schools $18,406; Albemarle County $17,536; Portsmouth City Public Schools $14,888; Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools $14,756; Rockingham County Public Schools $14,743; Frederick County Public Schools $14,605; Suffolk Public Schools $14,431; York County Public Schools $13,844; Roanoke County Public Schools $13,365; State median, 1,000+ students $14,972.10k15k20k25kAlexandria City Public Schools$21,716Roanoke City Public Schools$18,406Albemarle County$17,536Portsmouth City Public Schools$14,888Williamsburg-James City County…$14,756Rockingham County Public Schoo…$14,743Frederick County Public Schools$14,605Suffolk Public Schools$14,431York County Public Schools$13,844Roanoke County Public Schools$13,365State median, 1,000+ students $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia districts closest in size to Albemarle County, FY23Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Roanoke City Public Schools $18,406; Albemarle County $17,536; Portsmouth City Public Schools $14,888; Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools $14,756; Rockingham County Public Schools $14,743; Frederick County Public Schools $14,605; Suffolk Public Schools $14,431; York County Public Schools $13,844; Roanoke County Public Schools $13,365; State median, 1,000+ students $14,972.10k15k20k25kAlexandria City Public Schools$21,716Roanoke City Public Schools$18,406Albemarle County$17,536Portsmouth City Public Schools$14,888Williamsburg-James City County Publ…$14,756Rockingham County Public Schools$14,743Frederick County Public Schools$14,605Suffolk Public Schools$14,431York County Public Schools$13,844Roanoke County Public Schools$13,365State median, 1,000+ students $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia districts closest in size to Albemarle County, FY23Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Roanoke City Public Schools $18,406; Albemarle County $17,536; Portsmouth City Public Schools $14,888; Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools $14,756; Rockingham County Public Schools $14,743; Frederick County Public Schools $14,605; Suffolk Public Schools $14,431; York County Public Schools $13,844; Roanoke County Public Schools $13,365; State median, 1,000+ students $14,972.10k15k20k25kAlexandria City Public Schools$21,716Roanoke City Public Schools$18,406Albemarle County$17,536Portsmouth City Public Schools$14,888Williamsburg-James City County Public Schoo…$14,756Rockingham County Public Schools$14,743Frederick County Public Schools$14,605Suffolk Public Schools$14,431York County Public Schools$13,844Roanoke County Public Schools$13,365State median, 1,000+ students $14,972
Current spending per student, Virginia districts closest in size to Albemarle County, FY23Alexandria City Public Schools $21,716; Roanoke City Public Schools $18,406; Albemarle County $17,536; Portsmouth City Public Schools $14,888; Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools $14,756; Rockingham County Public Schools $14,743; Frederick County Public Schools $14,605; Suffolk Public Schools $14,431; York County Public Schools $13,844; Roanoke County Public Schools $13,365; State median, 1,000+ students $14,972.10k15k20k25kAlexandria City Public Schools$21,716Roanoke City Public Schools$18,406Albemarle County$17,536Portsmouth City Public Schools$14,888Williamsburg-James City County Public S…$14,756Rockingham County Public Schools$14,743Frederick County Public Schools$14,605Suffolk Public Schools$14,431York County Public Schools$13,844Roanoke County Public Schools$13,365State median, 1,000+ students $14,972

Where the money came from

$290,867,000 in revenue: 25.0% state, 69.4% local and 5.6% federal. Total spending including $32,793,000 of capital outlay was $283,858,000, or $20,367 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Albemarle County School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $72,729,000; Local $201,846,000; Federal $16,292,000; total $290,867,000.
  • State$72,729,000 25%
  • Local$201,846,000 69%
  • Federal$16,292,000 6%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 116 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

13,937 students in 2022-23, 13,808 students in 2023-24, 14,149 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Albemarle County School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 13,937, 2023-24: 13,808, 2024-25: 14,14905k10k15k2022-2313,9372023-2413,8082024-2514,149
Albemarle County School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 13,937, 2023-24: 13,808, 2024-25: 14,14905k10k15k2022-2313,9372023-2413,8082024-2514,149
Albemarle County School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 13,937, 2023-24: 13,808, 2024-25: 14,14905k10k15k2022-2313,9372023-2413,8082024-2514,149
Albemarle County School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 13,937, 2023-24: 13,808, 2024-25: 14,14905k10k15k2022-2313,9372023-2413,8082024-2514,149

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2313,9371046.513.3
2023-2413,8081046.113.2
2024-2514,1491029.013.7

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$79,139,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,678 per student

Albemarle County School District booked $79,139,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 1,084 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $73,040 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 89 in 100 Virginia districts with a figure (state median $61,899, 129 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Virginia teacher salary at $59,965 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$61,886,00078.2%
Special education$14,659,00018.5%
Vocational$2,187,0002.8%
Other programs$407,0000.5%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,958 in 2018-19, $5,000 in 2019-20, $5,180 in 2020-21, $5,638 in 2021-22, $5,678 in 2022-23.

Albemarle County School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,958, 2019-20: $5,000, 2020-21: $5,180, 2021-22: $5,638, 2022-23: $5,67802k4k6k2018-19$4,9582019-20$5,0002020-21$5,1802021-22$5,6382022-23$5,678
Albemarle County School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,958, 2019-20: $5,000, 2020-21: $5,180, 2021-22: $5,638, 2022-23: $5,67802k4k6k2018-19$4,9582019-20$5,0002020-21$5,1802021-22$5,6382022-23$5,678
Albemarle County School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,958, 2019-20: $5,000, 2020-21: $5,180, 2021-22: $5,638, 2022-23: $5,67802k4k6k2018-19$4,9582019-20$5,0002020-21$5,1802021-22$5,6382022-23$5,678
Albemarle County School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $4,958, 2019-20: $5,000, 2020-21: $5,180, 2021-22: $5,638, 2022-23: $5,67802k4k6k2018-19$4,9582019-20$5,0002020-21$5,1802021-22$5,6382022-23$5,678

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

Graduation rate, class of 2023

91% of the 1,139 students in Albemarle County School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.8% across Virginia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtVirginia
Four-year graduation rate91%88.8%
Students in the class1,13999,059

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

15 elementary schools, 6,611 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mountain View Elementary76913.464.6%Targeted program
Baker-Butler Elementary69214.124.4%Not Title I
Crozet Elementary57115.314.5%Not Title I
Brownsville Elementary53013.511.5%Not Title I
Agnor-Hurt Elementary52313.670.9%Targeted program
Woodbrook Elementary52212.390.0%Targeted program
Mary Carr Greer Elementary52011.985.4%Targeted program
Stone Robinson Elementary47613.627.9%Not Title I
Hollymead Elementary45213.719.0%Not Title I
Meriwether Lewis Elementary35814.77.0%Not Title I
Broadus Wood Elementary28212.615.2%Not Title I
Virginia L. Murray Elementary27313.58.8%Not Title I
The other 3 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Stony Point Elementary21712.824.4%Not Title I
Scottsville Elementary21613.172.7%Targeted program
Red Hill Elementary21012.067.6%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

5 middle schools, 2,940 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Joseph T. Henley Middle84714.911.9%Not Title I
Journey Middle64612.576.5%Not Title I
Lakeside Middle57414.723.0%Not Title I
Jackson P. Burley Middle53412.363.1%Not Title I
Leslie H. Walton Middle33910.356.9%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

4 high schools, 4,598 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Albemarle High1,96415.128.9%Not Title I
Western Albemarle High1,27316.010.5%Not Title I
Monticello High1,18414.129.9%Not Title I
Community Lab School1779.74.0%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Albemarle County School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Albemarle County School District

  1. Virginia districts by spending per studentAlbemarle County School District ranks 20 of 116 Virginia districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,536).#20 of 116
  2. Every school district in VirginiaAlbemarle County School District is the number 19 by size of 132 Virginia districts, with 13,937 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#19 of 132
  3. Frederick County Public SchoolsThe next larger Virginia district: 13,960 students in fall 2022, $14,605 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,605
  4. Roanoke County Public SchoolsThe next smaller Virginia district: 13,811 students in fall 2022, $13,365 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,365
  5. Compare Albemarle County School District with Frederick County Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Albemarle High, its largest high school1,964 students in 2024-25, 15.1 per teacher.1,964
  7. Teacher salary spending across VirginiaAlbemarle County School District spent $73,040 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $61,899); spending, not a salary.$73,040
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Albemarle County School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Albemarle County School District?
    24 schools were open in 2024-25 (15 elementary, 5 middle, 4 high), enrolling 14,149 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Albemarle County School District spend per student?
    $17,536 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Virginia median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $14,972 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $19,975 per student, up 13.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Albemarle County School District's money come from?
    $290,867,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 25.0% state, 69.4% local and 5.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Albemarle County School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 1,072 of the 16,831 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 6.4%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Albemarle County School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $79,139,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,678 per student. Divided by the 1,084 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $73,040 per teacher, more than 89 in 100 Virginia districts (state median $61,899). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Virginia teacher salary at $59,965 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. What is the graduation rate in Albemarle County School District?
    91% of the 1,139 students in Albemarle County School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.8% across Virginia. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is Albemarle County School District's NCES district ID?
    5100090. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25