Resources
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Last Update:
February 27, 2009

Curator: Nancy Moy
nancy.moy@fcps.edu
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About FCPS -- Fairfax County, schools and centers, projected enrollment, staff positions--full-time, school operating budget, average cost per student, pupil-teacher staffing ratios, and student achievement.

Student Information and Statistical Reports -- these reports include monthly student membership, class size and teacher load, dropouts, student ethnicity, student mobility, student membership (total and by school), and student retentions.

Test Scores -- School-by-school results, including comparisons with state and national scores and average scores for individual schools.


Schools & Facilities
Students
Budget

Fairfax County

  • Size: 395 square miles
  • Population: 1,045,000
  • Approximately one of every six residents is a public school student.

Schools and Centers

  • 2008-09 total: 197
  • Elementary (preschool - 6): 137
  • Middle: 22
  • Secondary (7 - 12): 4
  • High (9 - 12): 21
  • Alternative High Schools: 3
  • Special Education Centers: 9
  • Alternative Programs and Learning Centers: 48

Schools and Centers Directory

  • Complete list and links to information about each school

Transportation

  • 1600 buses carry 110,000 students each day.

Employees

  • Total: 22,309
  • School-based positions: 92.1%

Meals

  • 140,000 customers per day are served.

Enrollment

  • Total: 168,742
  • Largest in Virginia
  • 12th largest in U.S.
  • VA students enrolled in FCPS: 13.4%
  • Division Membership

Performance

  • Graduates attending post-secondary programs: 92% (2008)
  • AP/IB Exams Taken: 34,085
  • National Merit Semifinalists: 194 (Class of 2009)
  • School-by-school test scores

SAT (Class of 2008)

  • FCPS Average: 1654
  • African American: 1401
  • Asian American: 1690
  • Hispanic: 1479
  • White: 1709

Attendance

  • Grades Preschool - Grade 5: 84,352
  • Grades 6 - 8: 33,772
  • Grades 9 - 12: 46,519
  • Drop-out rate: 1.67%

Demographics

  • African American: 10.6%
  • American Indian: .3%
  • Asian American: 18.3%
  • Hispanic: 17.1%
  • Multiracial: 5.7%
  • White: 47.7%

Students receiving free and reduced meals: 34,048
English for Speakers of Other languages (ESOL) students: 22,045
Students receiving special education services: 23,629

Student Information and Statistical Reports
these reports include monthly student membership, class size and teacher load, dropouts, student ethnicity, student mobility, student membership (total and by school), and student retentions.

Fiscal Year 2009

Funding Sources

  • Fairfax County: 73%
  • State education aid: 13.5%
  • Federal Aid: 1.8%
  • Sales Tax: 7.4%
  • Other: 4.4%

Expenditures by Category:

  • Instructional: 85.5%
  • Transportation: 5.1%
  • Facilities Management: 4.3%
  • General Support: 5.1%
  • Average cost per student: $13, 407

Capital Improvement Program

  • FY 2009 - 2013 : $771.8 million

All information was accurate at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year unless otherwise indicated.