Total enrollment
64,194
+3,354 (+6%) vs SY 2020-21
74 schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
Virginia · 64,194 students · 11 cities
Across the district, Chesterfield County Public Schools runs 74 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 64,194 Virginia students (about 867 per school).
4-year change in Chesterfield County Public Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
65
+3 (+5%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Chesterfield County Public Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Virginia | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #63 of 117 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 64,194 | #5 of 130 | #58 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 65 | #6 of 130 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #82 of 130 | #4,224 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 53.7% | #87 of 115 | #3,629 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #13 of 114 | #369 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Chesterfield County Public Schools
State test results across the district's 62 scored schools run from J.B. Watkins Elementary at 89.9% proficient to Bellwood Elementary at 37.4%, a gap of 52.5 points. That is the 12th widest gap among 95 Virginia districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 61 district schools that reported both years went from 60,915 to 61,475 students (up 1%) and from 3,874 to 4,418 full-time teachers (up 14%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Chesterfield County Public Schools
As a medium-population district in Virginia, Chesterfield County Public Schools serves 64,194 students across 74 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Chesterfield County Public Schools is made up of 51 elementary, 12 middle, and 11 high schools.
Average enrollment per school in Chesterfield County Public Schools is about 867, above the Virginia average of roughly 672.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment increased 6%: 60,840 students in SY 2020-21 versus 64,194 in SY 2024-25. Chesterfield County Public Schools now counts 65 public schools, up from 62 in SY 2020-21.
On allk12, the community for Chesterfield County Public Schools discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.