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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324001862
George W. Carver Elementary
1110 W Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23220 · (804) 780-6247 · Richmond city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest 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
15.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
403 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
34.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +14.0pp since 2022
Math
30.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +22.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 22 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-42.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 →
Schools most like George W. Carver Elementary
George W. Carver Elementary's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Carver Elementary this school | 404 | 99.8% | 18.9% |
| Newsome Park Elementary Newport News | 386 | 98.4% | 37.6% |
| Richard Bowling Elementary Norfolk | 492 | 99.8% | 45.3% |
| Brighton Elementary Portsmouth | 483 | 99.4% | 41.3% |
| Henry Marsh III Elementary Richmond | 512 | 97.7% | 34.5% |
| Westview Early Childhood Education Center Petersburg | 418 | 94.0% | N/A |
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 George W. Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #1,101 of 1,101 | #26 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,108 of 1,111 ▲ 3 | #25 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,107 of 1,111 ▲ 4 | #25 of 26 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #801 of 1,176 | #12 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #879 of 1,105 | #17 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,042 of 1,106 | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #132 of 1,157 | #9 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #261 of 759 | #12 of 24 |
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
404
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 404 | 25.8 | 15.7:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 100% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 98% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 30 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 30 | 16.1:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 90% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 50 | 13.3:1 | 89% (594) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 51 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George W. Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (484 to 404); teachers down 14% (30 to 25.8).
About George W. Carver Elementary
George W. Carver Elementary is an elementary school located in Richmond, Virginia, in Richmond city. It has an enrollment of 404 students in pre-K through 5.
Richmond City Public Schools runs George W. Carver Elementary along with 46 other schools, enrolling 20,962 students in total.
The share of students at George W. Carver Elementary who are Black is 89%. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Richmond city, the Black share is about 41%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
On staff are 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. About 100% of students at George W. Carver Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Richmond city average a similar 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, George W. Carver Elementary lands at F, ahead of 0% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, George W. Carver Elementary is among the bottom 10% of schools in Virginia. Predicted: 60.9%. Actual: 18.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Richmond city show that the median household earns about $64,587 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Richmond city has 61 public schools with about 20,253 students, including George W. Carver Elementary.
Richmond Alternative School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. George W. Carver Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. George W. Carver Elementary ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 18.9% against a local average of 70.3%.
The federal government classifies George W. Carver Elementary's location as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, George W. Carver Elementary enrolled 377 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 404. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
This page is set up for the George W. Carver Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other George W. Carver Elementary schools
One other US public school is named George W. Carver Elementary. George W. Carver Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- GEORGE W. CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORAL GABLES, FL · 563 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Alternative School0.5 mi · 277
- Dogwood Middle0.8 mi · 371
- William Fox Elementary1.1 mi · 367
- Open High1.2 mi · 171
- Overby-Sheppard Elementary1.5 mi · 256
- Barack Obama Elementary1.5 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About George W. Carver ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at George W. Carver Elementary?
George W. Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does George W. Carver Elementary serve?
George W. Carver Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George W. Carver Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George W. Carver Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at George W. Carver Elementary?
Student demographics at George W. Carver Elementary are roughly 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees George W. Carver Elementary?
George W. Carver 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.