Bellevue Elementary

Bellevue Elementary operates as a cozy K-5 school in Richmond, Virginia, one of the schools within Richmond City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 206 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Bellevue Elementary is one of 47 schools operated by Richmond City Public Schools, a district that enrolls 20,962 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Bellevue Elementary shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 11% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Bellevue Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bellevue Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Richmond city shows median household income runs about $64,587, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond city's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), Bellevue Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Chimborazo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bellevue Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bellevue Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bellevue Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 206). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 88% to 70% over that span.

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