Harvie Elementary

Set in Richmond, Virginia, Harvie Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools. It educates 497 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Henrico County Public Schools comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 51,044 students; Harvie Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Harvie Elementary records that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Henrico County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Harvie Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 89% of students at Harvie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

With demographic context factored in, Harvie Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 62.5%.

Across the wider county, Henrico County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Harvie Elementary is one.

Harold Macon Ratcliffe Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harvie Elementary. On composite proficiency, Harvie Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harvie Elementary has fell 18%, going from 607 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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