2025 Census government inventory

Richmond City Public Schools

Dependent school system in Virginia. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 119002 · Census county field: Richmond City · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

20,819students in the finance record
57operating schools connected
$23,712current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment20,81915.9% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$23,71232.5% higher than 2019 after inflation · 62.6% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$546.5M45.4% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$285.3M59.9% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 24,763; 2020: 25,211; 2021: 28,225; 2022: 21,177; 2023: 21,130; 2024: 20,81929,26224,52219,782201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $17,896; 2020: $17,421; 2021: $16,315; 2022: $23,134; 2023: $22,045; 2024: $23,712$24,748$20,013$15,279201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201915.4% F38.5% S46.1% L
202013.7% F35.3% S51.0% L
202118.3% F36.8% S44.9% L
202225.7% F34.3% S40.0% L
202322.2% F33.2% S44.6% L
202414.5% F26.6% S58.9% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
201924,763$14,585$363,937,000$375,979,000$178,421,000
202025,211$14,373$394,480,000$389,654,000$269,528,000
202128,225$14,093$421,188,000$423,495,000$268,990,000
202221,177$21,583$482,943,000$482,982,000$289,841,000
202321,130$21,413$488,665,000$483,500,000$285,347,000
202420,819$23,712$729,219,000$546,524,000$285,347,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

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NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$729M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal14.5%$106M
State26.6%$194M
Local58.9%$430M
Total expenditures$547M
Current spending$496M
Instruction$264M
Support services$212M
Capital outlay$36.4M
Debt outstanding$285M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Richmond City Public Schools

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address301 North 9th St, 17th Floor, Richmond, VA, 23219
Open district website →
About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
119002
Record type
Dependent school system
Classification
Municipal
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address301 NORTH 9TH ST · RICHMOND, VA · 23219-1927
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldRichmond City
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment21,1302023

Parent governmentRichmondOpen parent record →

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

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  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.