West Nova News

The only school district in Fauquier County had rising enrollment in the 2023-24 school year, according to the Virginia Department of Education.

There were 10,845 students in Fauquier County Public Schools District, 0.1% more than the year before.

Enrollment in Fauquier County bucked the state's trend of decreasing enrollment.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51.9% of them were male, and 48.1% were female.

Data also showed that most of the studets were white, representing 61.1% of Fauquier County Public Schools District's total enrollment.

Fauquier County Public Schools District has a main office in Warrenton and is the only school district within Fauquier County.

According to Public School Review, Virginia public schools saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:14 in the 2023-24 school year, which is better than the national average of 1:15 in public schools.

School	Total Enrollment in 2023-24	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Liberty High School	1,360	1,371	-0.8%
Kettle Run High School	1,189	1,207	-1.5%
Fauquier High School	1,162	1,163	-0.1%
Cedar Lee Middle School	853	610	39.8%
W. C. Taylor Middle School	610	437	39.6%
Auburn Middle School	582	554	5.1%
Margaret M. Pierce Elementary School	542	537	0.9%
C. Hunter Ritchie Elementary School	526	499	5.4%
Grace Miller Elementary School	519	495	4.8%
James G. Brumfield Elementary School	514	496	3.6%
Greenville Elementary School	459	500	-8.2%
Marshall Middle School	410	417	-1.7%
P. B. Smith Elementary School	405	421	-3.8%
Mary Walter Elementary School	399	406	-1.7%
H. M. Pearson Elementary School	385	371	3.8%
C. M. Bradley Elementary School	350	365	-4.1%
W. G. Coleman Elementary School	318	337	-5.6%
Claude Thompson Elementary School	262	258	1.6%