Regular local school district · Fairfax County
Fairfax County Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Fairfax County Public Schools runs 223 public schools with 179,323 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 223
- Students
- 179,323
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13,500
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8115 Gatehouse Rd Gatehouse Adm Ctr, Falls Church, VA 22042
- Phone
- (571)423-1010
- County
- Fairfax County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5101260
- State district ID
- VA-029
- Total staff (FTE)
- 29,703
- School counselors (FTE)
- 597.0About 300 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 664.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.3
Virginia14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (180,028), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.29 billion
- Federal revenue
- $185.2 million
- State revenue
- $796.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.31 billion
- Total spending
- $3.29 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $18,256
- Salaries
- $1.89 billion57.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.53 billion
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.6%
- State: 24.2%
- Local: 70.2%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,256
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Fairfax County Public Schools
By level: 28 high, 24 middle, 141 elementary, 26 other, 4 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.