Glen Lea Elementary

Located at 3909 Austin Ave, in Richmond, Virginia, Glen Lea Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus that enrolls 461 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Henrico County Public Schools.

Across the 69 schools in Henrico County Public Schools (51,044 students total), Glen Lea Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glen Lea Elementary lists that nearly all students (90%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, Glen Lea Elementary logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at Glen Lea Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glen Lea Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.0%; this one comes in at 37.0%, -26.9 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Henrico County shows median household income runs about $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Glen Lea Elementary is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students).

Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glen Lea Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

Glen Lea Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 461 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.