School district · Virginia · LEAID 5100840
Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield County Public Schools spends $14,555 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Virginia districts with a reliable figure. Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Chesterfield County Public Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).
- $65,825
- Est. avg teacher salary
- $14,555
- Per-pupil spending
- 63,916
- Students enrolled
- 69th
- Pct. in VA
Above benchmark
Chesterfield County Public Schools spends $14,555 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Virginia districts with a reliable figure. Estimated average teacher salary is $65,825, below the national average of $70,245, serving 63,916 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).
- Lower per-pupil spending: Chesterfield County Public Schools spends $14,555 per pupil, in the lowest third among comparable Virginia districts with a reliable figure.
- 69th percentile for Virginia
- 50th percentile nationally
- 36% of spending reaches instructional salaries
- Virginia ranks #33 of 49 on the salary estimate and #10 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
- Chesterfield County Public Schools ranks #41 of 131 Virginia districts by estimated teacher salary and #117 of 131 by per-pupil spending. Falls Church City Public Schools pay #1 at $96,912 is not Arlington County Public Schools spending #1 at $27,287 per pupil
- +27.2% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)
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Instructional payroll mix vs Virginia median
Among 131 Virginia districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Chesterfield County Public Schools's instructional payroll puts 22.8% into special education , 4.5 points above the state median of 18.3%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical Virginia peer.
| Program | Chesterfield County | VA median | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular program | 74.2% | 73.8% | +0.5 pp |
| Special education | 22.8% | 18.3% | +4.5 pp |
| Vocational programs | 2.7% | 6.1% | -3.3 pp |
| Other programs | 0.2% | 0.8% | -0.5 pp |
Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 131 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 5100840 · FY2023.
LEAID 5100840 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023
Chesterfield County F-33 compensation desk
FY2023: $65,825 estimated average teacher salary · P69 in Virginia · P50 nationally · 36% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Virginia ($171est. salary).
Salary neighbourhood chart for Chesterfield County
Salary neighbourhood · Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).
- Campbell · low pole
Campbell · low pole
$53,897 est. salary
- Roanoke · near
Roanoke · near
$65,632 est. salary
- Virginia · near
Virginia · near
$65,655 est. salary
- Chesterfield
Chesterfield · this district
$65,825 est. salary
- Henrico · near
Henrico · near
$66,690 est. salary
- Arlington · top pay
Arlington · top pay
$95,205 est. salary
Appropriate use & corrections
National salary distribution for Chesterfield County
Chesterfield County Public Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district
NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only
$65,825 Top 50% higher than 50% of 10,684 US districts
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Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023
What stands out about Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Estimated teacher pay here rose +27.2% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Virginia's statewide +17.6% by 9.5 points, a growth rate faster than 87% of the 129 Virginia districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
- With 63,916 students, it is the 60th-largest school district by enrollment among the 13,149 US districts reporting enrollment data.
- Its total annual revenue of $967M puts it among just 79 US districts operating a budget of this size or larger, out of the 13,149 districts in the NCES CCD F-33 survey, a scale that brings dedicated budget offices, multi-year capital planning, and district-wide procurement contracts that a small district's single-person business office cannot replicate.
Scale composition for Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield County Public Schools enrolls 63,916 students (0.14% of the 46,412,683 students across 13,149 US districts that report enrollment in the NCES CCD F-33 survey). Only 88 districts clear the 50,000-student threshold used here - sparse districts in the 500-5,000 band cannot show a national-share read of this kind because their headcount is too small for the percentage to mean anything. Total annual revenue is $967M, putting it among 79 districts at this budget scale or larger.
Reported teacher FTE is 4,524, about 14.1 students per teacher (mega-cohort median 16.0; denser staffing than 78 of the 87 mega-districts with a usable FTE count, rank 9th densest) . At this enrollment the ratio is an aggregate across many campuses, so a single-school class-size story is the wrong read - use it to place Chesterfield County Public Schools among other large systems, not against a 1,000-student district whose FTE is a handful of classrooms.
Instructional salaries take 36% of total expenditure on a $930M budget . Large systems carry central offices, transportation, and facilities lines that dilute the classroom share relative to a small district whose budget is almost entirely payroll - comparing that percentage across the enrollment cliff without this scale note misreads both ends.
Nearest mega-district peers by enrollment (same 50k+ cohort):
| District | Enrollment | Est. avg salary | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washoe County School District · Nevada | 64,442 | $63,687 | $860M |
| Volusia · Florida | 63,365 | $58,795 | $863M |
| Long Beach Unified · California | 65,129 | $133,097 | $1.71B |
| Virginia Beach City Public Schools · Virginia | 65,456 | $65,655 | $1.09B |
| Douglas County School District No. Re 1 · Colorado | 62,341 | $78,029 | $951M |
Virginia sits close to national prices
- Nominal district estimate
- $65,825.356
- Virginia price level
- 101.3 / 100
- National-price equivalent
- $64,961
The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.
BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.
-1% versus the nominal figure.
Prices in Virginia sit close to the national average, so the nominal and national-price figures tell nearly the same story here. That is not true in the most and least expensive states.
Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Virginia compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.
How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Chesterfield County Public Schools
What the Numbers Say About Chesterfield County Public Schools
Chesterfield County Public Schools is a large urban school district in Virginia, serving 63,916 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,555. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $65,825, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 5100840 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.
Relative to the Virginia statewide average of $63,048, teacher pay in Chesterfield County Public Schools runs roughly in line with the state benchmark, a 4.4% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (6.3% differential). Among enrolling districts in Virginia, it pays more than 69% of them. Virginia itself ranks #33 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.
On the budget side, Chesterfield County Public Schools reports $930.3M in total expenditure against $966.8M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 36% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $221.1M, special-education teacher pay is $67.9M.
How does Chesterfield County Public Schools compare?
Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Virginia average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.
Chesterfield County Public Schools pays -29.9% less than Fairfax County Public Schools · per-pupil $14,555 vs $21,040
Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.
Data-derived comparison paths
Find comparable Virginia districts
On pay, Chesterfield County Public Schools sits closest to Virginia Beach City Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Hanover County Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.
- Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Henrico County Public Schools
- Hanover County Public Schools
- Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Richmond City Public Schools
- Stafford County Public Schools
- Newport News City Public Schools
- Chesapeake City Public Schools
- Norfolk City Public Schools
- Hampton City Public Schools
- Prince William County Public Schools
- Hanover County Public Schools
- Stafford County Public Schools
- Spotsylvania County Public Schools
- Henrico County Public Schools
- Chesapeake City Public Schools
- Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Hampton City Public Schools
- Prince William County Public Schools
- Norfolk City Public Schools
- Newport News City Public Schools
- Fairfax County Public Schools
Similar estimated teacher pay
Similar per-pupil investment
- Hanover County Public Schools$14,574 per pupil+0.1% versus this district · $67,466 estimated salary
- Stafford County Public Schools$14,472 per pupil-0.6% versus this district · $62,826 estimated salary
- Spotsylvania County Public Schools$15,082 per pupil+3.6% versus this district · $64,183 estimated salary
Out-of-state districts near Chesterfield County Public Schools's enrollment scale
Two out-of-state peer sets for Chesterfield County Public Schools: closest on enrollment (63,916 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($65,825 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.
Similar enrollment
Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).
Similar estimated salary
Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.
Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.
Revenue & Expenditure
Instructional Salary by Program
The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Chesterfield County Public Schools: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 89% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 11% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.
Virginia Teacher Pay Overview
The highest average among comparably sized Virginia districts belongs to Falls Church City Public Schools at $96,912. Chesterfield County Public Schools places 41 of 128 comparably sized districts, squarely in the middle band the state average actually represents. On BEA's price parity Virginia sits near the national average, so its salaries need less adjustment than most; Colorado and Arizona are its nearest price peers.
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Large-district sample from 130 Virginia peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.
This is a sample of 6 from 130 Virginia districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.
Frequently Asked Questions about Chesterfield County Public Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Chesterfield County Public Schools?
The average teacher salary in Chesterfield County Public Schools is $65,825 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).
How does Chesterfield County Public Schools teacher pay compare to the Virginia average?
Chesterfield County Public Schools pays 4.4% more than the Virginia state average of $63,048. The district's average is $65,825.
How does Chesterfield County Public Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?
Chesterfield County Public Schools pays 6.3% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $65,825.
What is the per-pupil spending in Chesterfield County Public Schools?
Chesterfield County Public Schools spends approximately $14,555 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.
What percentage of Chesterfield County Public Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?
Instructional salaries account for 36% of Chesterfield County Public Schools's total expenditure of $930.3M (NCES FY2023).
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