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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: 1,041,200
Approximately one of every six residents is a public school student.

Schools and Centers
2007-08 total: 236
Elementary (preschool - 6): 137
Middle: 22
Secondary (7 - 12): 4
High (9 - 12): 21
Alternative High Schools: 3
Special Education Centers: 10
Alternative Programs and
Learning Centers: 43

Schools and Centers Directory
Complete list and links to information about each school


Transportation
1570 buses carry 110,000 students each day.


Employees
Total: 22,234
School-based positions: 20,483


Meals
145,000 customers per day are served.

Enrollment
Total: 164, 843
Largest in Virginia
13th largest in U.S.


Performance
Graduates attending post-secondary programs: 92% (2007)
AP/IB Participation: 55% (2007)
National Merit Scholars: 208 (2006)

SAT 2007

FCPS Average: 1104
African American: 934
Asian American: 1130
Hispanic: 947
White: 1135


Attendance
Grades Preschool - Grade 5: 84,352
Grades 6 - 8: 33,772
Grades 9 - 12: 46,519
Drop-out rate: 2.7%

Demographics
African American: 10.8%
American Indian: .3%
Asian American: 17.4%
Hispanic: 16%
Multiracial: 4.9%
White: 50.2%

Students receiving free and reduced meals: 19.9%
English for Speakers of Other languages (ESOL) students: 21,771
Students receiving special education services: 24,000

Fiscal Year 2008
Operating Budget: $2.2 B
Projected cost per pupil: $13,407


Funding Sources
Fairfax County: 77.5%
State education aid: 16.9%
Percent beginning balance: 1.1%
Other: 4.5%

Expenditures by Category:

Instructional: 85.7%
Transportation: 4.9%
Facilities Management: 4.7%
General Support: 4.6%


Capital Improvement Program
FY 2006 - 2010 : $650.6 M

All information was accurate at the beginning of the 2007-08 school year unless otherwise indicated.