Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324001372
Frances W. McClenney Elementary
3817 Chamberlayne Ave, Richmond, VA 23227 · (804) 780-8193 · Richmond city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
303 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
42.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 17 points.
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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
302
-12 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 13.1:1
% White
4%
was 1%
% Hispanic
3%
was 0%
% Black
87%
was 98%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Frances W. McClenney Elementary
Frances W. McClenney Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary schools in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Richmond City Public Schools, with 302 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.
Richmond City Public Schools comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 20,962 students; Frances W. McClenney Elementary is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Frances W. McClenney Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). The remainder looks like 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 41% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Frances W. McClenney Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Frances W. McClenney Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Frances W. McClenney Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.8%; Frances W. McClenney Elementary posts 39.3%, -21.5 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Richmond city shows median household income runs about $64,587, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Richmond city's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), Frances W. McClenney Elementary is one campus in the mix.
John Marshall High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Frances W. McClenney Elementary. On composite proficiency, Frances W. McClenney Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frances W. McClenney Elementary has fell 4%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 98% to 87%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.
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Richmond city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,359
Census ACS
Median income
$64,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond City Public Schools
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
- River City MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
- Richmond High School for the ArtsHigh · 1,116 students
- Cardinal ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Thomas Jefferson HighHigh · 749 students
- Armstrong HighHigh · 709 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
- John Marshall High0.5 mi · 645
- Richmond Career Education and Employment Charter School0.5 mi · 32
- Richmond Virtual Academy0.6 mi · 136
- Thomas H. Henderson Middle0.6 mi · 430
- Linwood Holton Elementary0.8 mi · 433
- Barack Obama Elementary1.1 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Frances W. McClenney ElementaryHow many students attend Frances W. McClenney Elementary?
Frances W. McClenney Elementary enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Frances W. McClenney Elementary serve?
Frances W. McClenney Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Frances W. McClenney Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Frances W. McClenney Elementary.
How diverse is Frances W. McClenney Elementary?
Frances W. McClenney Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 87% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Frances W. McClenney Elementary?
Frances W. McClenney Elementary is overseen by Richmond City Public Schools in Richmond city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.