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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Dumbarton Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000796
Dumbarton Elementary
9000 Hungary Spring Rd, Richmond, VA 23228 · (804) 756-3030 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
617 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
75%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
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Dumbarton Elementary
Dumbarton Elementary's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dumbarton Elementary this school | 684 | 90.2% | 45.8% |
| Cameron Elementary Alexandria | 606 | 87.6% | 57.3% |
| Ferdinand T. Day Elementary Alexandria | 589 | 89.1% | 49.9% |
| Hugh Mercer Elementary Fredericksburg | 859 | 90.3% | 44.1% |
| Skipwith Elementary Richmond | 603 | 88.1% | 56.0% |
| Anne E. Moncure Elementary Stafford | 852 | 94.4% | 57.6% |
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 Dumbarton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,024 of 1,101 | #38 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,072 of 1,111 ▼ 75 | #36 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,063 of 1,111 ▼ 30 | #38 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #208 of 1,176 | #5 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #955 of 1,105 | #36 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.0% | #58 of 1,106 | #4 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.2% | #325 of 1,157 | #5 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #110 of 324 | #5 of 20 |
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
684
+41 (+6%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 684 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 90% (617) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 93% (579) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 90% (541) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 77% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 72% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 22% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dumbarton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (614 to 684); teachers up 20% (35 to 42).
About Dumbarton Elementary
Dumbarton Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 684 students. That puts enrollment 37% larger than the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia.
In Henrico County Public Schools, 69 schools enroll a combined 51,044 students.
The largest group at Dumbarton Elementary is Hispanic students, at 35%. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 16% Asian, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Henrico County is roughly 7% Hispanic. The diversity index for Dumbarton Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Dumbarton Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Dumbarton Elementary. The rate at public schools in Henrico County averages 67%, lower than here.
In Virginia, Dumbarton Elementary is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.8% compared with a predicted 63.5%.
The school is in Henrico County, where the median household earns about $88,783 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Dumbarton Elementary shares Henrico County with 83 other public schools.
Hermitage High, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Dumbarton Elementary ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 6%, from 643 to 684. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.4:1 in 2020-21 to 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Dumbarton Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 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
Nearby schools
- Hermitage High0.4 mi · 1,719
- Maude Trevvett Elementary1.5 mi · 578
- R.C. Longan Elementary1.6 mi · 491
- Hungary Creek Middle1.7 mi · 834
- Skipwith Elementary1.7 mi · 603
- John Randolph Tucker High1.8 mi · 2,132
Frequently asked questions
About Dumbarton ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dumbarton Elementary?
Dumbarton Elementary enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dumbarton Elementary serve?
Dumbarton Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dumbarton Elementary have?
Dumbarton Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Dumbarton Elementary?
Student demographics at Dumbarton Elementary are roughly 13% White, 35% Hispanic, 28% Black, 16% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Dumbarton Elementary in?
Dumbarton Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.