A public school district in Falls Church, Virginia, with 223 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
179,323
Students enrolled
13,501
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
29,703.8
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,975
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
Students enrolled: 179,323 in 2024–25
Ranks 11th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 132 in Virginia. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,975 in fiscal year 2023
More than 69% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Fairfax County Public Schools spent $18,975 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,897 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
Fairfax County Public Schools spent $18,975 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,897 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year
Spending per pupil
Current expenditure
Membership
FY2023
$18,975
$3.4 billion
179,858
FY2022
$17,977
$3.2 billion
178,479
FY2021
$16,976
$3.1 billion
180,028
FY2020
$16,085
$3.0 billion
188,887
FY2019
$15,690
$2.9 billion
187,797
FY2018
$14,932
$2.8 billion
188,556
FY2017
$14,498
$2.7 billion
187,467
FY2016
$13,991
$2.6 billion
185,828
FY2015
$13,752
$2.6 billion
185,541
FY2014
$13,710
$2.5 billion
183,417
FY2013
$13,670
$2.5 billion
180,616
FY2012
$12,924
$2.3 billion
177,606
FY2011
$12,499
$2.2 billion
174,479
FY2010
$12,554
$2.2 billion
171,956
FY2009
$13,210
$2.2 billion
169,030
FY2008
$13,275
$2.2 billion
165,722
FY2007
$12,716
$2.1 billion
163,952
FY2006
$11,909
$2.0 billion
163,753
FY2005
$10,897
$1.8 billion
164,765
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
Revenue to Fairfax County Public Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source
Revenue
Share of total
Federal
$289.5 million
7.8%
State
$929.1 million
24.9%
Local
$2.5 billion
67.3%
Total
$3.7 billion
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
223 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 3.
2 more columns on a wider screen
Schools in Fairfax County Public Schools, page 1 of 3
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.