Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000789
Charles M. Johnson Elementary
5600 Bethlehem Rd, Richmond, VA 23230 · (804) 673-3735 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
380 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
38.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 42.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Charles M. Johnson Elementary
Charles M. Johnson Elementary's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles M. Johnson Elementary this school | 423 | 89.8% | 42.8% |
| Mary Carr Greer Elementary Charlottesville | 520 | 85.4% | 49.1% |
| Farmington Elementary Culpeper | 453 | 94.3% | 57.8% |
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary Alexandria | 589 | 89.1% | 49.9% |
| Woodlawn Elementary Alexandria | 447 | 83.4% | 49.8% |
| Ridge Elementary Richmond | 512 | 87.7% | 40.7% |
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 Charles M. Johnson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,044 of 1,101 | #39 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,089 of 1,111 ▼ 22 | #39 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,080 of 1,111 ▲ 5 | #42 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #759 of 1,176 | #34 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #588 of 1,105 | #15 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #286 of 1,106 | #14 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #333 of 1,157 | #9 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #97 of 759 | #1 of 26 |
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
423
-61 (-13%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 90% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 93% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 32 | 12.3:1 | 90% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 33.5 | 16.8:1 | 79% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 76% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 69% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 47% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles M. Johnson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (563 to 423); teachers down 10% (33.5 to 30).
About Charles M. Johnson Elementary
Charles M. Johnson Elementary is a small elementary school found in Richmond, Virginia. Enrollment totals 423 students across pre-K through 5.
Henrico County Public Schools has 51,044 students spread across 69 schools.
The student body at Charles M. Johnson Elementary has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 46%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Henrico County as a whole is about 7% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
Charles M. Johnson Elementary reported 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.1:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is close to this figure. There are 380 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 90% of enrollment. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Henrico County.
On the allk12 Grade, Charles M. Johnson Elementary lands at F, ahead of 4% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Charles M. Johnson Elementary falls short of its prediction by 20.8 points. The model expects 63.6% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia; the school's rate is 42.8%.
For Henrico County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $88,783, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 84 public schools and about 51,753 students.
Crestview Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Charles M. Johnson Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Charles M. Johnson Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 66.5%, higher than Charles M. Johnson Elementary's 42.8%.
Under the NCES locale system, Charles M. Johnson Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 423, compared with 484 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Charles M. Johnson Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Charles M. Johnson ElementaryHow large is Charles M. Johnson Elementary?
Charles M. Johnson Elementary enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charles M. Johnson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles M. Johnson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Charles M. Johnson Elementary?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Charles M. Johnson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Charles M. Johnson Elementary?
Student demographics at Charles M. Johnson Elementary are roughly 13% White, 46% Hispanic, 28% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Charles M. Johnson Elementary public or private?
Charles M. Johnson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.