Budget & Finance
Albemarle County Public Schools
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FY2026/27 School Fund · School Board Adopted (Apr 23, 2026)
$308,067,157
One year of day-to-day spending for Albemarle County Public Schools. Up +$23,872,709 (+8.4%) from FY2026's $284,194,448. About $22,346 per student, up from $20,591.
Sources: A-26, A-17, Budget in Brief p.1. Total ACPS budget, with special revenue funds (net of transfers): $333,621,867 (A-25). The County's certified budget resolution (Apr 22, 2026) shows the same $308,067,157 School Fund.
Administration
$19.7M
$19,732,844 in the state category Admin/Attendance & Health: 6.4% of the School Fund, up $1,985,941 (+11.2%). Central offices in it include Human Resources ($4,680,047), Fiscal Services ($2,932,342), Division Support ($1,300,172) and the School Board office ($981,802).
Source: Adopted book A-27 (PDF p.28); departments E-17, E-24, E-5, E-6.
Special Education
13.9% of students
$6.7M department
13.9% of students have disabilities. The Department of Special Education has $6,708,748 (−0.3%), including $3,130,000 sent to the Children's Services Act for private day and residential placements. New this year: $325,531 for 3 special education staff. Teachers in schools are in school budgets, so there's no single total.
Source: Adopted book A-16 (fall 2025), E-11 (PDF p.176); Budget in Brief p.3 (new positions).
English Learners
11.4% of students
$820K department
11.4% of students are English learners, from 97 countries. The International & English Learners department has $820,428, up 12.5%, and the state sends $1,825,465 for English learner instruction. EL teachers in schools are in school budgets, so there's no single total.
Instruction
$215.9M
70.1%
Building Services (O&M)
$30.5M
9.9%
Transportation
$20.0M
6.5%
Admin/Attendance & Health
$19.7M
6.4%
Transfers
$11.9M
3.9%
Technology
$10.1M
3.3%
Source: Adopted book A-27, School Fund by state category (sums to $308,067,157). % is our calc and matches the Budget in Brief.
By ACPS School & Department
All 30 schools and programs and 18 departments and lines in the School Fund. The Newcomer Learning Community ($552,320 last year) is discontinued and not listed.
- Albemarle High (D-58)$22,535,7877.3%
- Transportation (E-29)$19,588,4326.4%
- Building Services (E-31)$16,977,6055.5%
- Western Albemarle High (D-62)$15,953,9645.2%
- Monticello High (D-60)$15,802,8685.1%
- Multi-School Services (D-76)$13,335,6524.3%
- Non-Departmental (incl. transfers) (E-26)$11,608,4873.8%
- Henley Middle (D-48)$10,109,9723.3%
- Journey Middle (D-50)$9,892,3383.2%
- Baker-Butler Elementary (D-14)$9,715,3363.2%
- Woodbrook Elementary (D-42)$9,040,6682.9%
- Greer Elementary (D-22)$8,403,9882.7%
- Agnor Elementary (D-12)$7,948,6112.6%
- Technology (E-35)$7,693,7902.5%
- Burley Middle (D-46)$7,654,3522.5%
- Lakeside Middle (D-52)$7,558,4772.5%
- Instructional Support (Dept of Instruction) (E-7)$7,342,4212.4%
- Brownsville Elementary (D-18)$7,080,1422.3%
- Special Education (department) (E-11)$6,708,7482.2%
- Mountain View Primary (D-28)$6,620,1022.1%
- Mountain View Upper Elementary (new) (D-30)$6,557,5462.1%
- Stone-Robinson Elementary (D-38)$6,551,8772.1%
- Hollymead Elementary (D-24)$6,448,4022.1%
- Crozet Elementary (D-20)$6,397,6362.1%
- Walton Middle (D-54)$6,275,2142.0%
- ACE Academy – Lambs Lane (new) (D-70)$5,147,1051.7%
- Ivy Elementary (D-26)$4,735,8371.5%
- Human Resources (E-17)$4,680,0471.5%
- Broadus Wood Elementary (D-16)$4,677,7051.5%
- Murray Elementary (D-32)$4,250,3121.4%
- Stony Point Elementary (D-40)$4,173,8161.4%
- Red Hill Elementary (D-34)$3,866,5761.3%
- Scottsville Elementary (D-36)$3,770,3531.2%
- Community Lab School (charter) (D-66)$3,605,6031.2%
- Specialized Academic Center (D-74)$3,433,7811.1%
- Fiscal Services (E-24)$2,932,3421.0%
- Professional Development (E-9)$2,353,5390.8%
- ACE Academy – Seminole Place (D-68)$1,740,3630.6%
- Division Support (E-5)$1,300,1720.4%
- Strategic Planning (E-23)$1,133,0470.4%
- Office of the School Board (E-6)$981,8020.3%
- Student Services (E-13)$929,0230.3%
- Communications (E-21)$840,3300.3%
- International & English Learners (E-15)$820,4280.3%
- Community Engagement (E-19)$671,4590.2%
- Center for Learning & Growth (D-72)$633,5050.2%
- Safety and Security (E-33)$620,5970.2%
- Lapse Factor (vacancy savings) (E-25)−$3,033,000-1.0%
Source: Adopted book, schools D-10, departments E-3. Page labels are the book's own (each section restarts at 1); links open the right PDF page. % is our calc.
Question 1
Where does the money come from?
- Albemarle County transfer$218,283,11270.9%
- State$83,107,54727.0%
- Other local (incl. one-time fund balance)$6,176,4982.0%
- Federal (Medicaid)$500,0000.2%
Source: A-26, B-6. "Other local" is our calc (local $224,459,610 minus the County transfer). State money grows 16.5%; state Basic Aid alone is up 32.2% (B-10).
Question 2
Where does it go?
Question 3
What's changing year over year?
+$23,872,709
+8.4% (A-27). The biggest pieces: workforce +$11.8M and two new schools +$4.3M, offset by $2.8M in service reductions (Budget in Brief p.2). Raises of 3.75% to 4.25% by group (Budget in Brief p.3).
How the budget gets made
STEP 1
Proposed
Superintendent presents the Draft Funding Request (Feb 12, 2026)
STEP 2
Funding Request
School Board approves its funding request to the County (Mar 12, 2026)
STEP 3
School Board Adopted
After the Board of Supervisors appropriates on Apr 22, the School Board adopts (Apr 23, 2026)
Albemarle schools get most of their local money from the County; the Board of Supervisors sets the tax rate. Work sessions were Feb 19 and Feb 26, with a public hearing Feb 26; the request went to the Board of Supervisors on Mar 16 (calendar, A-24). The calendar has two typos: "March 5, 2025" (should be 2026) and "the FY 26 Budget" (should be FY 27).
Search the budget papers
Search the budget records
Looks inside the budget documents listed below, including the big books we link to rather than host, not just filenames. Proposed ≠ adopted stays labeled on each hit.
Source files (3)
- FY 26/27 Adopted Budget in BriefSchool Board Adopted0.2 MB · k12albemarle.orgFour pages: totals, what changed, staffing and pay.
- 2026-27 School Board's Adopted Budget (complete, Sections A–G, 286 pp)School Board Adopted99.0 MB · official link · k12albemarle.orgOverview (A), revenues (B), every school (D) and department (E), special revenue funds (F). Too big to host (99 MB).
- FY27 Staffing StandardsSchool Board Adopted2.1 MB · k12albemarle.orgHow many staff each school gets, and why.
The 99 MB book links to ACPS's own copy. Official door: k12albemarle.org budget
Caveats & notes
- •There's no all-in special education or English learner total: those teachers are inside each school's budget.
- •Fund balance: the Budget in Brief p.1 says $3.3M; the revenue change table shows $3,150,000 one-time (A-28). We didn't confirm the difference.
- •Language counts differ: 81 home languages (A-16) vs "78 languages" (E-14).
- •Admin/Attendance & Health is $19,732,844 for the School Fund and $19,777,844 for all funds; both are right for their scope, and this page uses the School Fund.