Henrico High

Henrico High is one of the mid-tier senior highs in Richmond, Virginia, run under Henrico County Public Schools, with 1,300 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Henrico County Public Schools runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 51,044 students. Henrico High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Henrico High records that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school shows 10% White, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Henrico High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Henrico High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 57.1%.

Around the school, census data for Henrico County shows median household income runs about $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Henrico High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Laburnum Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Henrico High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Henrico High has declined 26%, going from 1,746 students in 2018 to 1,300 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 12% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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