Charlottesville City Public Schools is the branch of the government of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...

 responsible for operating the Charlottesville public school system. Like all public school systems in the state, it is legally termed a school division

School division

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 instead of a "school district" because it is a division of its associated local government, and has no independent taxing authority. The current superintendent is Dr. Rosa Atkins.

Schools

The school system comprises four levels of school which are, in order from earliest to latest: Elementary

Elementary school

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, Upper Elementary, Middle

Middle school

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 and High

High school

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 schools.

Elementary schools

The city schools system has six elementary schools which teach Kindergarten

Kindergarten

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, First Grade

First grade

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, Second Grade

Second grade

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, Third Grade

Third grade

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 and Fourth Grade

Fourth grade

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• Burnley-Moran Elementary
• Clark Elementary
• Greenbrier Elementary
• Jackson-Via Elementary
• Johnson Elementary
• Venable Elementary

Upper Elementary school

Unlike most traditional American school systems, Charlottesville City schools have an Upper Elementary which adds an additional step between Elementary school and Middle/Jr. High school. The school is Walker Upper Elementary school and it teaches Fifth grade

Fifth grade

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 and Sixth grade

Sixth grade

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Middle school

Buford Middle school is the system's middle school. It teaches Seventh grade

Seventh grade

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 and Eighth grade

Eighth grade

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High School

The system has only one high school which is Charlottesville High School. It teaches Ninth grade

Ninth grade

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, Tenth grade

Tenth grade

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, Eleventh grade

Eleventh grade

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 and Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade

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