Chamberlayne Elementary

Chamberlayne Elementary is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Richmond, Virginia, part of Henrico County Public Schools, with 389 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 499.

Henrico County Public Schools comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 51,044 students; Chamberlayne Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Chamberlayne Elementary lists that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Henrico County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chamberlayne Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chamberlayne Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 68.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Henrico County put median household income runs about $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Chamberlayne Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is L. Douglas Wilder Middle, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chamberlayne Elementary. On composite proficiency, Chamberlayne Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chamberlayne Elementary has fell 9%, going from 429 students in 2018 to 389 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 70% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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