Local School Demographics

Last Updated: February 2024

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The data below provides the details of the 2023-24 demographic composition of all public schools in the following school districts in the greater Charlottesville region:

• Albemarle County Public Schools
• Augusta County Public Schools
• Buckingham County Public Schools
• Charlottesville City Schools
• Fluvanna County Public Schools
• Greene County Public Schools
• Louisa County Public Schools
• Madison County Public Schools
• Nelson County Public Schools
• Orange County Public Schools
• Staunton City Schools
• Waynesboro City Schools

According to Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) documentation:

• Race or Ethnicity captures “the racial category that most closely reflects the student’s recognition of his or her community or with which the student identifies”

• Economic status “identifies students as economically disadvantaged if they meet any one of the following: 1) is eligible for Free/Reduced Meals, or 2) receives TANF, or 3) is eligible for Medicaid, or 4) identified as either Migrant or experiencing Homelessness.”

• English Learner identifies students who “1) are not born in the United States or whose native language is a language other than English, 2) are Native American or Alaska Native, or a native resident of the outlying areas, 3) come from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on the individual’s level of English language proficiency, 4) are migratory, whose native language is a language other than English, and who comes from an environment where a language other than English is dominant, and whose difficulties in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language may be sufficient to deny the individual—

  • the ability to meet the challenging State academic standards;
  • the ability to successfully achieve in classrooms where the language of instruction is English; or
  • the opportunity to participate fully in society.”

These numbers reflect Fall Membership numbers provided by the Virginia Department of Education’s Fall Membership Build-a-Table site.