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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000822
Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary
2901 Thalen St, Richmond, VA 23223 · (804) 343-6535 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% 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
13.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
374 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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
19%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
42.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp 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 35 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary
Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary this school | 417 | 89.7% | 36.3% |
| Glen Lea Elementary Richmond | 461 | 88.7% | 37.0% |
| George F. Baker Elementary Richmond | 462 | 86.8% | 55.2% |
| Highland Springs Elementary Highland Springs | 469 | 89.3% | 34.7% |
| Westview Early Childhood Education Center Petersburg | 418 | 94.0% | N/A |
| Harvie Elementary Richmond | 497 | 89.1% | 62.5% |
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 Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #1,086 of 1,101 | #43 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,098 of 1,111 ▲ 4 | #42 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,071 of 1,111 ▲ 15 | #39 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #770 of 1,176 | #35 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #370 of 1,105 | #7 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.7% | #1,056 of 1,106 | #44 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #337 of 1,157 | #11 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #428 of 759 | #16 of 26 |
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
417
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 417 | 31.8 | 13.1:1 | 90% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 35 | 11.2:1 | 93% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 36 | 11.9:1 | 89% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 26 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 28.3 | 16.5:1 | 98% (457) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 78% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 73% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | 61% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (467 to 417); teachers up 12% (28.3 to 31.8).
About Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary
Students in Richmond, Virginia, attend Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary, a small elementary school. It educates 417 students in pre-K through 5.
Henrico County Public Schools runs Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary along with 68 other schools, enrolling 51,044 students in total.
The large majority of students at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary, 90%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. That is higher than the 67% average for public schools in Henrico County.
The allk12 Grade for Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is F. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 1% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary would score about 63.7%. It scores 36.3%, a bottom-10% result among Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Henrico County residents, median household income is about $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County, which together enroll about 51,753 students.
The next-closest public school is Harvie Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 36.3% versus a 48.2% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 396 to 417 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.2:1 to 13.1:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Harvie Elementary0.6 mi · 497
- Glen Lea Elementary1.1 mi · 461
- Armstrong High1.3 mi · 709
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Elementary1.4 mi · 425
- Fairfield Court Elementary1.4 mi · 222
- Woodville Elementary1.6 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Harold Macon Ratcliffe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary?
Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary?
Student demographics at Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary are roughly 0% White, 6% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary in?
Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.