Our Division

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Strategic Plan: Learning for All

Vision

Our learners are engaged in authentic, challenging, and relevant learning experiences, becoming lifelong contributors and leaders in our dynamic and diverse society.

Mission

Working together as a team, we will end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for our children’s success through high-quality teaching and learning for all. We seek to build relationships with families and communities to ensure that every student succeeds.

We will know every student.

Values

• Equity
• Excellence
• Family and Community
• Wellness

Goals

1. Thriving Students
2. Affirming and Empowering Communities
3. Equitable, Transformative Resources

Learn more about our Strategic Plan

School Facilities

24 Schools

• 15 elementary schools (PK-5)
• 5 comprehensive middle schools (6-8)
• 3 comprehensive high schools (9-12)
• 1 charter school (6-12)

Specialty Centers & Programs

• Albemarle Career Exploration (ACE) Academy – Seminole Place Campus – High school specialty center (9-12)
• Center for Learning and Growth – Alternative education center specializing in short-term intervention (6-12)
• Specialized Academic Center (SAC) – Special education center providing intensive behavioral supports for students, including those with emotional disabilities (K-12), and functional life skills instruction for Post High students (ages 18-22)
• Newcomer Learning Community (NLC) – Specialized program for students in their first year of U.S. schooling and English acquisition (6-12)
• Scholars Studios – Program offering high school students real-world learning experiences and hands-on opportunities to explore their interests, build essential skills, and connect with peers, mentors, and experts; available across ACPS’s comprehensive high schools and ACE Academy Seminole Trail (9-12)

Access our school websites

Virginia School Quality Profile

For every school division and school in the Commonwealth, the Virginia Department of Education provides a School Quality Profile containing information about student achievement, college and career readiness, program completion, school safety, teacher quality, and other topics of interest to parents and the general public.

View Our School Quality Profile

By the Numbers

Teachers: Classroom teachers, speech pathologists, school counselors, instructional coaches, and librarians.

Other Administrators: Central office leaders and other exempt personnel at or above pay grade 18.

Classified Staff: All non-teacher and non-administrative positions, such as teaching assistants, bus drivers, custodians, food service associates, human resources specialists, office associates, and other support staff.

Workforce Profile

• 24% of our employees are people of color.
• 64% of our employees live in Albemarle County, 10% in Charlottesville City, and the remaining 26% in surrounding areas.
• 65% of our teachers have at least a master’s degree.
• Average Age: 45
• Average Years of Service: 8
• Teacher Retention Rate: 87%
• New Teacher Hires: 186 (September 2024 through August 2025)

View the 2024-25 Human Resources Annual Report

Enrollment: Fall Membership by Subgroup

International Diversity, Fall 2024

• Countries of Origin: 103
• Home Languages Spoken: 78

College & Career Readiness

Advanced Program Information

Students Enrolled in AP Courses: The percentage represents the portion of all high school students enrolled in at least one AP course.
Students Who Took an AP Test: The percentage represents the portion of AP course enrollees who took at least one AP exam.
Students Who Passed an AP Test: The percentage represents the portion of AP test takers who earned a passing score on at least one AP exam.

Diplomas & Completion, Class of 2024

Continuing Education Plans (Self-Reported), Class of 2024

Data Spotlight

• Average number of meals served daily: 1,900 breakfasts and 5,700 lunches
• School bus miles traveled daily: 9,404
• Average Class Size (Source: 2024-25 Class Size Report)
  • Elementary – 18.9
  • Middle – 21.0
  • High – 20.7
• Student-to-Computer Ratio:
  • 1:1 with tablets for grades K-2
  • 1:1 with laptops for grades 3-12
• Children served by the Albemarle McKinney-Vento Connection (formerly the Families in Crisis Program), 2023-24: 393 (including 353 ACPS students, PK-12)

View our 2024 State of the Division

Adopted Budget Snapshot

Learn more about our budget

About Our Logo

The Albemarle County Public Schools logo reflects our role as a leader in learning and a partner in the successful education of our community’s children. The pages of an open book and the unlimited potential of all of our students inspired the logo’s three vibrant tiers. The three tiers rise ever higher representing our dynamic elementary, middle and high schools, and the progress of each student toward a future of lifelong learning. The colors of the logo—red, green and blue—can be combined to create any of the visible colors of the universe. This color scheme celebrates the diversity of our students, our schools, and our community.