Schools · Richmond

Richmond, VA schools

87 public, charter and private schools in Richmond. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.

D-School Grade #208Best schools in VA (of 219)#249Highest graduation rate in VA (of 249)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

D⁻

Richmond’s School Grade: D-

The public schools Richmond’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 100% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

DTest scoresD-Graduation

Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 0%

Lower resultsHigher results

Virginia towns with similar household incomes (221)Better than 0%

High confidence. Built on 4,410 tested students and a graduating class of 1,501; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (Richmond City)32%

State average 54.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

67% graduate on time

Graduation rate

67%

VA: 88.8%

Graduating class

1,501

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #249 of 249 VA towns →

Districts

The district serving Richmond

Richmond City Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 57 schools · 20,962 students

$23,712 per studentVA $17,169D-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Colleges

Richmond is home to 4 colleges

Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Richmond25,603on campus University of RichmondUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond3,630on campus Virginia Union UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond1,153on campus

Union Presbyterian SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond163on campus

All 4 colleges in Richmond →

Every school

All 87 schools in Richmond

Level

All 87 Preschool 3 Elementary 42 Middle 7 High 14 Other 21

Type

All 87 Public 59 Charter 2 Private 26

Showing 1–30 of 87 schools

Cardinal ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 821 students

G.H. Reid ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 671 students

Broad Rock ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 612 students

Oak Grove/Bellemeade ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 551 students

J.L. Francis ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 526 students

Henry Marsh III ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 512 students

Miles Jones ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 505 students

Mary Munford ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 476 students

Southampton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 473 students

Linwood Holton ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students

Blackwell ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 420 students

George W. Carver ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 404 students

Chimborazo ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 403 students

Westover Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students

William Fox ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 367 students

Elizabeth D. Redd ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 355 students

Patrick Henry School Of Science And ArtsElementary · Grades K–5 · 310 students

Frances W. McClenney ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 302 students

J.B. Fisher ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 285 students

Barack Obama ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 274 students

Lois Harrison-Jones ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 262 students

Overby-Sheppard ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 256 students

Fairfield Court ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 222 students

Woodville ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 217 students

Bellevue ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 206 students

Swansboro ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 172 students

St. Bridget SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 513 students

St. Benedict Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 238 students

St. Benedict SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 238 students

Sabot SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 226 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.