Charlottesville City Public Schools

Charlottesville City Schools, also known as Charlottesville City Public Schools, is the school division that administers public education in the United States city of Charlottesville, Virginia. The current superintendent is Royal A. Gurley, Jr.

Charlottesville City Schools
Location
Charlottesville , Virginia United States
District information
Type	Public School division
Motto	Neighborhood Schools. Great Teachers. Infinite Possibilities.
Superintendent	Royal A. Gurley, Jr.[1]
School board	charlottesvilleschools.org/home/school-board/
Students and staff
Enrollment	4,340 (October 2018)[2]
Athletic conference	Jefferson District Virginia High School League
Other information
Website	charlottesvilleschools.org

Schools

The school system comprises four levels of school which are, in order from earliest to latest: Elementary, Academy, Middle and High schools.

Elementary schools

The city schools system has six elementary schools which teach Kindergarten, First grade, Second grade, Third grade and Fourth grade.

• Burnley-Moran Elementary
• Summit Elementary (formerly Clark Elementary)
• Greenbrier Elementary
• Jackson-Via Elementary
• Johnson Elementary
• Trailblazer Elementary (formerly 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 and Sixth grade. Walker Elementary is named after Hazewell H. Walker, who was a teacher in the school system. He was also a Rotarian.^[3]

Middle school

Charlottesville Middle School is the system's middle school. It teaches Seventh grade and Eighth grade. It was renamed from Buford Midldle in August 2025.

High school

Main article: Charlottesville High School

The system has only one high school which is Charlottesville High School. It teaches Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade and Twelfth grade.

History

Charlottesville's public schools were segregated for decades. Despite the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the school board refused to integrate. A lawsuit representing black students from Burley High School and the Jefferson School led the city to undertake the strategy of Massive Resistance, closing the public schools to avoid integrating.