School systems & governing boards · VA

Virginia school systems.

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133school systems
2,021operating schools connected
1,258,795students in finance records
132complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Virginia school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 132 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$15,710Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+10.2%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+35.2%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-2.3%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems132 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,295,7991,248,725
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$17,169$15,585

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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133 systems

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Fairfax County Public Schools

Falls Church, VA

Students
180,714
Schools
223
Spending / pupil
$20,064

+4.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.8% enrollment

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Prince William County Public Schools

Manassas, VA

Students
90,550
Schools
98
Spending / pupil
$16,472

+15.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.3% enrollment

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Loudoun County Public Schools

Ashburn, VA

Students
81,636
Schools
102
Spending / pupil
$21,242

+15.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.3% enrollment

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools

Virginia Beach, VA

Students
64,986
Schools
88
Spending / pupil
$15,699

+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.3% enrollment

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Chesterfield County Public Schools

Chesterfield, VA

Students
64,132
Schools
73
Spending / pupil
$13,976

+12.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.2% enrollment

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Henrico County Public Schools

Henrico, VA

Students
50,463
Schools
79
Spending / pupil
$14,356

+13.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Chesapeake City Public Schools

Chesapeake, VA

Students
40,576
Schools
48
Spending / pupil
$16,117

+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment

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Stafford County Public Schools

Stafford, VA

Students
31,547
Schools
34
Spending / pupil
$13,950

+10.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.8% enrollment

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Arlington County Public Schools

Arlington, VA

Students
27,508
Schools
42
Spending / pupil
$25,095

+6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment

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Norfolk City Public Schools

Norfolk, VA

Students
26,882
Schools
49
Spending / pupil
$16,790

+12.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.7% enrollment

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Newport News City Public Schools

Newport News, VA

Students
26,183
Schools
43
Spending / pupil
$17,926

+24.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment

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Spotsylvania County Public Schools

Fredericksburg, VA

Students
24,012
Schools
34
Spending / pupil
$14,865

+8.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.5% enrollment

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Richmond City Public Schools

Richmond, VA

Students
20,819
Schools
57
Spending / pupil
$23,712

+32.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.9% enrollment

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Hampton City Public Schools

Hampton, VA

Students
19,657
Schools
33
Spending / pupil
$15,838

+12.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment

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Hanover County Public Schools

Ashland, VA

Students
16,820
Schools
24
Spending / pupil
$14,164

+9.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment

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Alexandria City Public Schools

Alexandria, VA

Students
16,406
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$21,928

-1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Suffolk City Public Schools

Suffolk, VA

Students
14,520
Schools
22
Spending / pupil
$14,970

+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.8% enrollment

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Frederick County Public Schools

Winchester, VA

Students
14,172
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$15,499

-0.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.0% enrollment

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Albemarle County Public Schools

Charlottesville, VA

Students
13,808
Schools
25
Spending / pupil
$19,975

+20.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment

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Roanoke County Public Schools

Roanoke, VA

Students
13,799
Schools
29
Spending / pupil
$14,328

+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment

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Roanoke City Public Schools

Roanoke, VA

Students
13,582
Schools
26
Spending / pupil
$19,439

+16.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Portsmouth City Public Schools

Portsmouth, VA

Students
13,161
Schools
23
Spending / pupil
$17,000

+16.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.0% enrollment

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York County Public Schools

Yorktown, VA

Students
12,726
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$14,537

+9.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.2% enrollment

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Rockingham County Public Schools

Harrisonburg, VA

Students
11,534
Schools
23
Spending / pupil
$15,479

+6.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.2% enrollment

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Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools

Williamsburg, VA

Students
11,402
Schools
16
Spending / pupil
$15,787

+3.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment

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Fauquier County Public Schools

Warrenton, VA

Students
10,844
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$15,552

-2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Augusta County Public Schools

Verona, VA

Students
10,139
Schools
19
Spending / pupil
$14,427

+7.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.6% enrollment

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Montgomery County Public Schools

Christiansburg, VA

Students
9,534
Schools
21
Spending / pupil
$15,175

+9.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.9% enrollment

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Bedford County Public Schools

Bedford, VA

Students
9,059
Schools
22
Spending / pupil
$13,769

+4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.9% enrollment

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Culpeper County Public Schools

Culpeper, VA

Students
8,368
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$13,703

+4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.6% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.