Albemarle County Public Schools

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Albemarle County Public Schools

Western Albemarle High School sign
Address
401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia, 22902 United States
Other information
Website	www.k12albemarle.org

Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) is a school district serving Albemarle County, Virginia. Its headquarters are in the City of Charlottesville. ACPS serves approximately 14,000 students in preschool through grade 12 in Albemarle County, Virginia, the sixth largest county by area in the Commonwealth of Virginia. A diverse locality of 726 square miles in the heart of Central Virginia, Albemarle County is a blend of primarily rural, but also suburban and urban settings.

The current Superintendent, Matthew S. Haas, was appointed by the Albemarle County School Board in July 2018.

Governance

ACPS is governed by a 7-member school board. 6 members are elected by the county's 6 magisterial districts, while one at-large member is elected by the entire county. Elections are held on odd-numbered years, and members serve staggered 4-year terms.

If a vacancy occurs, the board appoints a new member to serve until the next election. A special election may be held if necessary.

ACPS School Board (Sep. 2024)
Jack Jouett District	White Hall District	Rio District	Rivanna District	Samuel Miller District	Scottsdale District	At-Large
Kate Acuff	Rebecca Berlin	Charles Pace	Judy Le	Graham Paige	Ellen Osborne	Allison Spillman
Vice-chair			Chair
Elected 2021	Elected 2023	Appointed 2023, Elected 2024	Elected 2023	Elected 2021	Elected 2023	Elected 2023

Schools

Academies and Lab Schools

Environmental Studies Academy (ESA)
Health and Medical Sciences Academy (HMSA)
Community Lab School (formerly Murray High School)
Math, Engineering, Science Academy (MESA)
Community Public Charter School ("Community Middle")

Comprehensive High Schools

Comprehensive Middle Schools

Jackson P. Burley
Joseph T. Henley
Journey (formerly Jack Jouett)
Lakeside (formerly Mortimer Y. Sutherland)
Leslie H. Walton

Elementary schools

Agnor (formerly Agnor-Hurt)
Baker-Butler
Broadus Wood
Brownsville
Mountain View (formerly Paul H. Cale)
Crozet
Mary C. Greer
Hollymead
Ivy (formerly Meriwether Lewis)
Virginia L. Murray
Red Hill
Scottsville
Stone-Robinson
Stony Point
Woodbrook

Alternative, Regional, and Specialty Centers

Albemarle Tech
CATEC (Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center)
Center 1
Ivy Creek School
PREP (Piedmont Regional Education Program)

Policy and Politics

School Renamings

From 2018 to 2024, ACPS renamed several district schools. The board drew sharp criticism after renaming Meriwether Lewis Elementery to Ivy Elementery despite overwhelming support for the original name. In a similar case, constituents objected after the board excised former Principal Benjamin Hurt's name from Agnor-Hurt Elementary. In another instance, the board renamed Paul H. Cale Elementary to Mountain View, on the grounds that Cale had hindered racial integration as superintendent. The Cale family disputed this notion, noting that the accusation largely rested on paraphrased quotes from a single source.

Graduates

2018 ACPS graduates received 1,078 acceptances from 204 colleges and universities, including 146 acceptances from 15 of the top 25 national universities, according to rankings by U.S. News & World Report.

Of the 1,070 graduates:

617 (57.7%) reported plans to attend a 4-year college.
255 (23.8%) reported plans to attend a 2-year college.
198 (18.5%) reported alternate plans, including other continuing education, military, employment, or something else.

Other Data

ACPS students were born in 89 countries and speak 74 home languages.

Average Class Size for 2017–18:

Elementary – 19.4
Middle – 22.1
High – 21.4

Student-to-Computer Ratio: 1:1 for grades 3–12; 3:2 for grades K-2

Average number of meals served daily (including breakfast and lunch): 8,000

School bus miles traveled daily: 14,384

The Families in Crisis Program served approximately 457 homeless children in the 2017–18 school year, including 255 ACPS students and other children/students (siblings of ACPS students who are preschoolers or dropouts, and students living in Albemarle County who attend adjoining school systems).