25 Best Virginia School Districts To Teach In, Average Salaries

VIRGINIA — Public school teachers in Virginia can make vastly different salaries, depending on which school district they work for.

Many top school districts in Northern Virginia pay their teachers in a range from $70,000 to $100,000, making the region one of the better in the nation for teacher salaries, according to Niche.

In the Alexandria City Public Schools, the average salary paid to teachers is one of the highest in the state at more than $100,000, while the lowest pay listed among the top 25 was Norton City Public Schools at about $47,000, according to Niche.

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Here are the 25 best school districts to teach for in Virginia and their average teacher's salary:

1. Arlington Public Schools, $102,483
2. Charlotte County Public Schools, $67,684
3. Falls Church City Public Schools, $102,638
4. Charlottesville City Schools, $77,484
5. Highland County Public Schools, $63,135
6. West Point Public Schools, $57,811
7. Lexington City Public Schools, $58,552
8. Rockingham County Public Schools, $63,920
9. Wise County Public Schools, $53,407
10. Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools, $66,004
11. Fairfax County Public Schools, $83,603
12. Bristol City Public Schools, $57,599
13. Albemarle County Public Schools, $64,075
14. Norton City Public Schools, $47,779
15. Dickenson County Public Schools, $47,290
16. Virginia Beach City Public Schools, $66,830
17. York County School Division, $59,646
18. Alexandria City Public Schools, $113,366
19. Louisa County Public Schools, $58,520
20. Waynesboro City Public Schools, $65,820
21. Colonial Heights City Public Schools, $60,420
22. Loudoun County Public Schools, $76,560
23. Franklin County Public Schools, $62,536
24. Montgomery County Public Schools, $51,834
25. Northumberland County Public Schools, $57,374

Rankings Methodology

Explore the best school districts to teach. Ranking factors include teacher salaries, teacher tenure, teacher absenteeism, student-teacher ratio, as well as the district's Niche grades for Overall, Administration, Safety, and Resources. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Where Niche Grades come from and how Niche calculates rankings.