District directory · Virginia · 2026–27

School districts in Virginia by county

Virginia has 131 regular public school districts across 126 counties, enrolling 1,257,250 students in 2024–25. Virginia children must turn 5 by September 30 to start kindergarten, in every district — see the Virginia kindergarten cutoff.

The largest is Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax County (179,323 students). Charlottesville city has the most districts, 2. In 121 of the 126 counties, only one district has its office. Every district is listed by name in the table below.

Virginia counties and their districts

School districts in Virginia by county, 2026–27
County	Districts	Enrollment (2024–25)	School districts
Accomack County	1	4,623	Accomack County Public Schools
Alexandria city	1	16,575	Alexandria City Public Schools
Alleghany County	1	2,804	Alleghany Highlands Public Schools
Amelia County	1	1,600	Amelia County Public Schools
Amherst County	1	3,900	Amherst County Public Schools
Appomattox County	1	2,421	Appomattox County Public Schools
Arlington County	1	27,950	Arlington County Public Schools
Augusta County	1	10,130	Augusta County Public Schools
Bath County	1	509	Bath County Public Schools
Bedford County	1	8,930	Bedford County Public Schools
Bland County	1	818	Bland County Public Schools
Botetourt County	1	4,424	Botetourt County Public Schools
Bristol city	1	2,167	Bristol City Public Schools
Brunswick County	1	1,369	Brunswick County Public Schools
Buchanan County	1	2,316	Buchanan County Public Schools
Buckingham County	1	1,868	Buckingham County Public Schools
Buena Vista city	1	886	Buena Vista City Public Schools
Campbell County	1	7,777	Campbell County Public Schools
Caroline County	1	4,600	Caroline County Public Schools
Carroll County	1	3,437	Carroll County Public Schools
Charles City County	1	523	Charles City County Public Schools
Charlotte County	1	1,707	Charlotte County Public Schools
Charlottesville city	2	18,588	Albemarle County Public Schools, Charlottesville City Public Schools
Chesapeake city	1	40,607	Chesapeake City Public Schools
Chesterfield County	1	64,194	Chesterfield County Public Schools
Clarke County	1	1,883	Clarke County Public Schools
Colonial Heights city	1	2,971	Colonial Heights City Public Schools
Craig County	1	507	Craig County Public Schools
Culpeper County	1	8,381	Culpeper County Public Schools
Cumberland County	1	1,278	Cumberland County Public Schools
Danville city	1	5,564	Danville City Public Schools
Dickenson County	1	1,801	Dickenson County Public Schools
Dinwiddie County	1	4,147	Dinwiddie County Public Schools
Essex County	1	1,092	Essex County Public Schools
Fairfax County	1	179,323	Fairfax County Public Schools
Falls Church city	1	2,671	Falls Church City Public Schools
Fauquier County	1	10,861	Fauquier County Public Schools
Floyd County	1	1,666	Floyd County Public Schools
Fluvanna County	1	3,315	Fluvanna County Public Schools
Franklin city	1	1,124	Franklin City Public Schools
Franklin County	1	6,109	Franklin County Public Schools
Fredericksburg city	1	3,629	Fredericksburg City Public Schools
Galax city	1	1,434	Galax City Public Schools
Giles County	1	3,575	Giles County Public Schools
Gloucester County	1	4,917	Gloucester County Public Schools
Goochland County	1	2,643	Goochland County Public Schools
Grayson County	1	1,561	Grayson County Public Schools
Greene County	1	2,781	Greene County Public Schools
Greensville County	1	2,017	Greensville County Public Schools
Halifax County	1	4,496	Halifax County Public Schools
Hampton city	1	19,472	Hampton City Public Schools
Hanover County	1	16,768	Hanover County Public Schools
Harrisonburg city	2	18,331	Rockingham County Public Schools, Harrisonburg City Public Schools
Henrico County	1	50,915	Henrico County Public Schools
Henry County	1	6,916	Henry County Public Schools
Highland County	1	208	Highland County Public Schools
Hopewell city	1	3,949	Hopewell City Public Schools
Isle of Wight County	1	5,519	Isle of Wight County Public Schools
King and Queen County	1	611	King and Queen County Public Schools
King George County	1	4,591	King George County Public Schools
King William County	2	2,957	King William County Public Schools, West Point Public Schools
Lancaster County	1	1,018	Lancaster County Public Schools
Lee County	1	2,966	Lee County Public Schools
Lexington city	1	537	Lexington City Public Schools
Loudoun County	1	81,486	Loudoun County Public Schools
Louisa County	1	5,334	Louisa County Public Schools
Lunenburg County	1	1,577	Lunenburg County Public Schools
Lynchburg city	1	7,657	Lynchburg City Public Schools
Madison County	1	1,585	Madison County Public Schools
Manassas city	1	7,345	Manassas City Public Schools
Manassas Park city	1	3,392	Manassas Park City Public Schools
Martinsville city	1	1,793	Martinsville City Public Schools
Mathews County	1	790	Mathews County Public Schools
Mecklenburg County	1	3,907	Mecklenburg County Public Schools
Middlesex County	1	1,249	Middlesex County Public Schools
Montgomery County	1	9,461	Montgomery County Public Schools
Nelson County	1	1,492	Nelson County Public Schools
New Kent County	1	3,572	New Kent County Public Schools
Newport News city	1	25,882	Newport News City Public Schools
Norfolk city	1	26,807	Norfolk City Public Schools
Northampton County	1	1,300	Northampton County Public Schools
Northumberland County	1	1,162	Northumberland County Public Schools
Norton city	1	855	Norton City Public Schools
Nottoway County	1	1,792	Nottoway County Public Schools
Orange County	1	5,074	Orange County Public Schools
Page County	1	2,928	Page County Public Schools
Patrick County	1	2,276	Patrick County Public Schools
Petersburg city	1	4,582	Petersburg City Public Schools
Pittsylvania County	1	7,830	Pittsylvania County Public Schools
Poquoson city	1	2,030	Poquoson City Public Schools
Portsmouth city	1	12,905	Portsmouth City Public Schools
Powhatan County	1	4,077	Powhatan County Public Schools
Prince Edward County	1	1,845	Prince Edward County Public Schools
Prince George County	1	6,220	Prince George County Public Schools
Prince William County	1	90,242	Prince William County Public Schools
Pulaski County	1	4,385	Pulaski County Public Schools
Radford city	1	3,321	Radford City Public Schools
Rappahannock County	1	773	Rappahannock County Public Schools
Richmond city	1	20,962	Richmond City Public Schools
Richmond County	1	1,398	Richmond County Public Schools
Roanoke city	1	13,811	Roanoke City Public Schools
Roanoke County	1	13,735	Roanoke County Public Schools
Rockbridge County	1	2,488	Rockbridge County Public Schools
Russell County	1	3,345	Russell County Public Schools
Salem city	1	3,984	Salem City Public Schools
Scott County	1	4,166	Scott County Public Schools
Shenandoah County	1	5,703	Shenandoah County Public Schools
Smyth County	1	4,132	Smyth County Public Schools
Southampton County	1	2,363	Southampton County Public Schools
Spotsylvania County	1	24,036	Spotsylvania County Public Schools
Stafford County	1	31,812	Stafford County Public Schools
Staunton city	1	2,692	Staunton City Public Schools
Suffolk city	1	14,565	Suffolk City Public Schools
Surry County	1	691	Surry County Public Schools
Sussex County	1	1,047	Sussex County Public Schools
Tazewell County	1	5,134	Tazewell County Public Schools
Virginia Beach city	1	64,731	Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Warren County	1	5,024	Warren County Public Schools
Washington County	1	7,270	Washington County Public Schools
Waynesboro city	1	3,043	Waynesboro City Public Schools
Westmoreland County	2	2,167	Westmoreland County Public Schools, Colonial Beach Public Schools
Williamsburg city	1	11,371	Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
Winchester city	2	18,809	Frederick County Public Schools, Winchester City Public Schools
Wise County	1	5,779	Wise County Public Schools
Wythe County	1	3,734	Wythe County Public Schools
York County	1	13,105	York County Public Schools

Which district am I in?

Each district draws its own attendance boundaries, and a district can cross county lines, so the county your home is in narrows it down but does not settle it. The district office or its website can confirm which school serves your address. Kindergarten registration is also handled by the district, not the state.

Sources

District list, grades, school counts and websites: NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) LEA Universe Directory, SY 2025-26 (preliminary, v0a), published July 1, 2026. Regular public districts only (NCES LEA types 1 and 2); charter-only, state-run and regional service agencies are not listed.

Enrollment: NCES CCD LEA Membership, SY 2024-25 (v1a), published December 29, 2025 — the newest year NCES has released.

Counties: NCES EDGE Public LEA Geocodes, SY 2024-25 (district office location) and NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files 2025 (grf25_lea_county) (counties each district boundary covers).

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