Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324001860
Bellevue Elementary
2301 E Grace St, Richmond, VA 23223 · (804) 780-4417 · Richmond city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
205 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bellevue Elementary
Bellevue Elementary's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevue Elementary this school | 206 | 99.5% | 52.3% |
| Dearington Elementary/Innovation Lynchburg | 180 | 98.3% | 62.9% |
| Sinai Elementary Halifax | 243 | 99.2% | 60.4% |
| Red Oak-Sturgeon Elementary Alberta | 205 | 100.0% | 61.3% |
| Lindenwood Elementary Norfolk | 243 | 99.6% | 54.8% |
| John Marshall Early Childhood Center Newport News | 213 | 100.0% | N/A |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bellevue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #954 of 1,101 | #10 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,050 of 1,111 ▼ 15 | #17 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #943 of 1,111 ▲ 41 | #8 of 26 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #1,100 of 1,176 | #25 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #805 of 1,105 | #15 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #798 of 1,106 | #13 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #154 of 1,157 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #77 of 759 | #9 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
206
-24 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 206 | 13.6 | 15.2:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 195 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 99% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 16 | 11.8:1 | 99% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 18 | 15.6:1 | 98% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 98% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 81% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 71% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 22 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellevue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (280 to 206); teachers down 24% (18 to 13.6).
About Bellevue Elementary
Bellevue Elementary is a public elementary school run by Richmond City Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia. It teaches 206 students in pre-K through 5. That is 59% below the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
District-wide, Richmond City Public Schools has 47 schools and 20,962 students.
More than half of the students at Bellevue Elementary are Black (70%). Beyond that, enrollment is 11% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. In Richmond city overall, about 41% of residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
The school had 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The school's 15.2:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Virginia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. That is in line with the 99% average for public schools in Richmond city.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bellevue Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 52.3% actual against 61.0% predicted.
In Richmond city, where the school is located, the median household earns about $64,587 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Bellevue Elementary, Richmond city has 61 public schools.
Chimborazo Elementary sits about 0.4 miles from Bellevue Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Bellevue Elementary comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased by 10% across 4 years, from 230 in 2020-21 to 206 in 2024-25.
The Bellevue Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Richmond city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,359
Census ACS
Median income
$64,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond City Public Schools
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
- River City MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
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- Cardinal ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Thomas Jefferson HighHigh · 749 students
- Armstrong HighHigh · 709 students
Other schools in Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Other Bellevue Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 10 states are named Bellevue Elementary. Bellevue Elementary is the 11th largest of the 11.
- Bellevue ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 1,145 students
- Bellevue Elementary SchoolBellevue, OH · 779 students
- Bellevue ElementaryAtwater, CA · 599 students
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLEVUE, NE · 475 students
- BELLEVUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSYRACUSE, NY · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Chimborazo Elementary0.4 mi · 403
- Henry Marsh III Elementary0.5 mi · 512
- Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool0.7 mi · 185
- Martin Luther King Jr. Middle0.8 mi · 500
- Franklin Military Academy1.0 mi · 335
- Woodville Elementary1.5 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Bellevue ElementaryHow large is Bellevue Elementary?
Bellevue Elementary enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bellevue Elementary serve?
Bellevue Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bellevue Elementary?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Bellevue Elementary.
How diverse is Bellevue Elementary?
Bellevue Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 6% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Bellevue Elementary?
Bellevue Elementary is overseen by Richmond City Public Schools in Richmond city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.