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Best Virginia School Districts (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 206 top school districts in Virginia, serving 1,257,026 students.
The most diverse district is Fredericksburg City Public Schools, with a diversity score of 0.77.
The largest school district is Fairfax County Public Schools, serving 180,714 students.
The highest graduation rate school district is Amherst County Public Schools, with 96% graduation rate.

Top Virginia School Districts (2025-26)

School District
# Students
Diversity Score
Graduation %
A. Linwood Holton Governor's School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Academy Of Technology And Innovation At Umw School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Accomack County Public Schools
4,726
0.69
84%
Albemarle County Public Schools
13,808
0.62
91%
Alexandria City Public Schools
16,406
0.73
80%
Alleghany Highlands Public Schools
2,835
0.32
87%
Alternative Education Program/Behaviorial Disord Youth/Montgomery School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Amelia County Public Schools
1,606
0.54
87%
Amelia-Nottoway Vocational-Technical Center School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Amherst County Public Schools
3,965
0.55
96%
Appomattox County Public Schools
2,372
0.54
87%
Appomattox Regional Governor's School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Arlington County Public Schools
27,508
0.71
89%
Augusta County Public Schools
10,139
0.33
90%
Bath County Public Schools
509
0.2
85%
Bedford County Public Schools
9,059
0.38
77%
Bland County Public Schools
793
0.24
95%
Blue Ridge Governor's School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Botetourt County Public Schools
4,488
0.27
92%
Breaking Barriers Alternative Education/Henry County School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Bridging Communities Regional Career & Technical Center School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Bristol City Public Schools
1,302
0.44
82%
Brunswick County Public Schools
1,395
0.38
87%
Buchanan County Public Schools
2,378
0.05
86%
Buckingham County Public Schools
1,966
0.61
87%
Buena Vista City Public Schools
856
0.35
87%
Campbell County Public Schools
7,896
0.52
91%
Caroline County Public Schools
4,562
0.67
88%
Carroll County Public Schools
3,442
0.2
92%
Carroll-Galax Regional Alternative Education Program/The Rae Center School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Central State Hospital School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Central Virginia Governor's School District
n/a
n/a
n/a
Charles City County Public Schools
530
0.66
85%
Charlotte County Public Schools
1,705
0.54
82%
Charlottesville City Public Schools
3,874
0.73
86%
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