Budget & Finance
Loudoun County Public Schools
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FY2027 school operating fund · BOS Adopted
$2,066,954,668
One year of day-to-day school spending (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027), as appropriated by the Board of Supervisors. Up +$104,809,886 from FY2026. Buildings are budgeted separately.
Per-pupil cost not shown: no sourced FY27 enrollment figure on file.
Administration
$57.2M
$57.2M for administration (2.8% of operating): central office policy, leadership, HR, finance and communications.
Source: FY27 SEON p.73, Expenditures by State Category, Administration $57,156,692.
Special Education
$421M Student Services
2,649 positions
2,649 special education positions (about 1,024 teachers and 1,150 assistants) inside a $421M Student Services budget (20.4% of operating).
English Learner
515 staff
515 English learner staff, including 450 teachers, serving about 11,900 students, plus $4.2M in new English learner staffing in FY27.
Instruction
$1.61B
78.0%
Operation & Maintenance
$178.5M
8.6%
Pupil Transportation
$97.4M
4.7%
Technology
$73.2M
3.5%
Administration
$57.2M
2.8%
Attendance & Health
$40.1M
1.9%
Facilities
$7.7M
0.4%
Source: FY27 SEON p.73, Expenditures by State Category (FY27 Budget column), categories required by Code of Virginia §22.1-115.
By LCPS Department
All 13 operating-fund departments. Amounts are full department totals; a department can span several state categories, and the SEON does not split department dollars by category.
- School Leadership (p. 157)$788,560,28138.2%
- Student Services (p. 167)$421,085,53420.4%
- Support Services (p. 193)$265,249,70312.8%
- Teaching and Learning (p. 207)$264,953,02612.8%
- Non-Departmental (p. 145)$153,933,0367.4%
- Digital Innovation (p. 125)$73,248,6253.5%
- Office of the Superintendent (p. 183)$29,228,9531.4%
- HR & Talent Dev (p. 135)$25,182,1881.2%
- Business & Financial Services (p. 97)$13,217,5330.6%
- Academics (p. 91)$13,099,8480.6%
- Communications & Community Engagement (p. 113)$9,070,3380.4%
- Charter School (p. 103)$8,378,0390.4%
- School Board (p. 151)$1,747,5630.1%
Source: FY27 SEON p.20, Budget Summary (Operating column); category links from SEON p.64, Reconciliation of School Funds to State Mandated Categories. Operating fund only; School Nutrition (Food Services) excluded. Page = start of department section, FY27 SEON table of contents.
Question 1
Where does the money come from?
- Local tax funding (county transfer)$1,484,949,36471.8%
- State, federal & other$582,005,30428.2%
About 71.8% is local tax. "State, federal & other" is the remainder of the operating total, not a separately printed line.
Question 2
Where does it go?
- School operating (salaries, programs, buses)$2,066,954,66894.3%
- School capital projects (CIP yr 1)$71,170,0003.2%
- CAPP (preserving buildings)$53,130,0002.4%
Operating vs. capital. A line-by-line split of operating spending isn't in our data yet.
Question 3
What's changing year over year?
+$104,809,886
+5.3% operating, adopted to adopted. Plus a May 12, 2026 School Board amendment of +$6.2M (state compensation), not in these bars.
How the budget gets made
STEP 1
Proposed
Superintendent's Estimate of Needs (SEON)
STEP 2
School Board Adopted
School Board revises and adopts a request (Feb 2026)
STEP 3
BOS Adopted
Board of Supervisors appropriates the local dollars (Apr 2026)
Loudoun schools are fiscally dependent on the county; they don't set the property tax. SEON, School Board Adopted Executive Summary and BOS Adopted Schedule all print $2,066,954,668, but each PDF is still what it is. Still missing: a full multi-section FY27 School Board Adopted book (like FY26) and the FY27 BOS appropriations resolution packet.
Search the budget papers
Search the budget records
Looks inside the hosted PDFs — operating totals, LTF, CIP/CAPP, fund names, amendment language — not just filenames. Proposed ≠ adopted stays labeled on each hit.
Hosted source files (9)
- FY2027 Superintendent’s Estimate of Needs (SEON)Proposed (SEON)6.3 MB · LCPS / BoardDocsProposed to School Board — full operating book. School Operating Fund headline $2,066,954,668 (same dollar as later BOS adopted; still a proposed book).
- FY2027 School Board Adopted Executive SummarySchool Board Adopted2.8 MB · LCPS / BoardDocsSchool Board adopted (Feb 2026) — operating $2,066,954,668; LTF transfer request $1,484,949,364. Not the county appropriation.
- FY2027 School Board Budget Resolution (Adopted)School Board Adopted229 KB · LCPSOfficial fund-by-fund totals the School Board approved Feb 3, 2026.
- FY2027 School Board Adopted — presented to BOSSchool Board Adopted12 MB · LCPSFeb 9, 2026 slide deck presenting the School Board adopted budget to the Board of Supervisors — not a full multi-section adopted book.
- FY2027 BOS Adopted Executive SummaryBOS Adopted2.5 MB · Loudoun CountyBoard of Supervisors adopted book — Schedule of Appropriations, School Operating Fund, local tax transfer. County appropriation.
- FY2027 Budget in BriefBOS Adopted15 MB · Loudoun CountyPlain-language fund totals, including school operating, capital projects, and CAPP.
- FY2027 School Projects CIPBOS Adopted (CIP)954 KB · Loudoun CountyAdopted six-year school capital plan; only year one is appropriated.
- FY2026 School Board Adopted Budget (full book)School Board Adopted (FY26)18 MB · LCPSPrior-year full multi-section School Board adopted book — School Operating Fund $1,962,144,782. FY27 has no comparable full adopted book posted yet.
- FY2027 May 12 operating amendment (excerpt)Amendment2 KB · BoardDocs / LCPS newsPost-April School Board action: +$6.2M to FY27 School Operating Fund to recognize state compensation funding already in the adopted budget. Agenda excerpt — not a standalone amendment PDF.
Official doors: lcps.org/budget · loudoun.gov/budget · plain-English guide · LCPS policies →