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If you had an hour of school board time for Elizabeth Holladay Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
859
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000797
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary
7300 Galaxie Rd, Richmond, VA 23228 · (804) 261-5040 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
16.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
772 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 | 224 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
69%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
47.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Elizabeth Holladay Elementary
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Holladay Elementary this school | 859 | 89.9% | 50.7% |
| Kate Waller Barrett Elementary Stafford | 838 | 88.2% | 69.4% |
| Anne E. Moncure Elementary Stafford | 852 | 94.4% | 57.6% |
| Riverside Elementary Alexandria | 741 | 80.3% | 71.8% |
| William Ramsay Elementary Alexandria | 689 | 88.7% | 42.4% |
| Sycamore Park Elementary Culpeper | 689 | 87.2% | 52.0% |
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 Elizabeth Holladay Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #965 of 1,101 | #35 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,001 of 1,111 ▼ 50 | #32 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,039 of 1,111 ▼ 17 | #36 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #48 of 1,176 | #1 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,010 of 1,105 | #39 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #274 of 1,106 | #13 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #332 of 1,157 | #8 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.5% | #17 of 324 | #1 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
859
+238 (+38%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 859 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 90% (772) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 51 | 15.8:1 | 93% (750) |
| 2022-23 | 796 | 53.5 | 14.9:1 | 90% (720) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 76% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 33 | 19.8:1 | 75% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 31 | 18.4:1 | 69% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 37% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth Holladay Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (620 to 859); teachers up 42% (36 to 51).
About Elizabeth Holladay Elementary
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary is a large elementary school with an address in Richmond, Virginia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 859 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Henrico County Public Schools has a total of 69 schools and 51,044 students, Elizabeth Holladay Elementary among them.
The largest group at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary is Hispanic students, at 46%. Smaller groups are 27% Black, 16% White, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Henrico County is roughly 7% Hispanic. The diversity index for Elizabeth Holladay Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary reported 51 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. There are 772 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 90% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Henrico County averages 67%, lower than here.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Elizabeth Holladay Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary is 13.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (50.7% versus 63.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
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%. Elizabeth Holladay Elementary shares Henrico County with 83 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, George H. Moody Middle, is the closest to Elizabeth Holladay Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Elizabeth Holladay Elementary ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 50.7% versus a 61.3% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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 38%, from 621 to 859.
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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
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- 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
- George H. Moody Middle0.6 mi · 1,086
- Lakeside Elementary0.8 mi · 397
- Maude Trevvett Elementary1.3 mi · 578
- Charles M. Johnson Elementary1.4 mi · 423
- Brookland Middle1.6 mi · 1,034
- Hermitage High1.7 mi · 1,719
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth Holladay ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary?
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary enrolls approximately 859 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Elizabeth Holladay Elementary serve?
Elizabeth Holladay Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabeth Holladay Elementary?
At Elizabeth Holladay Elementary, the student body is approximately 16% White, 46% Hispanic, 27% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elizabeth Holladay Elementary public or private?
Elizabeth Holladay 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.