Charles M. Johnson Elementary

Located at 5600 Bethlehem Rd, in Richmond, Virginia, Charles M. Johnson Elementary is an intimate K-5 school that caters to 423 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Henrico County Public Schools.

Charles M. Johnson Elementary is one of 69 schools operated by Henrico County Public Schools, a district that teaches 51,044 students overall.

Demographically, Charles M. Johnson Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Charles M. Johnson Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.6%; this one comes in at 42.8%, -20.8 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Henrico County) reports that median household income runs about $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Charles M. Johnson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Crestview Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles M. Johnson Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Charles M. Johnson Elementary has fell 25%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 423 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.