About Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools is a public school system serving Williamsburg City, Virginia, based in Williamsburg. It serves 11,371 students across 16 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: small district. By enrollment it is the #25 largest of Virginia’s 132 school systems.
Size and structure
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools enrolls 11,371 students in 16 schools — an average of about 711 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #25 of 132 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (11,371 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools employs about 823 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1 — above the Virginia average of about 13.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 1,990.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Virginia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Virginia publishes School Quality Profiles for every school and division, and in 2024–25 adopted a new School Performance and Support Framework of multi-indicator performance and support designations covering achievement, readiness, program completion, safety and teacher quality. Look up Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools on the Virginia School Quality Profiles.
Accreditation status
Virginia accredits its public schools itself through the Standards of Accreditation (8VAC20-131), administered by the Department of Education under the Board of Education, rather than a private accreditor. See the Virginia Department of Education for a district’s accreditation status.
Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools vs. Virginia
See every Virginia district side by side in the Virginia directory.
Look up Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):