Henry Marsh III Elementary

Henry Marsh III Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in Richmond, Virginia, run under Richmond City Public Schools, teaches 512 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Richmond City Public Schools comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 20,962 students; Henry Marsh III Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Henry Marsh III Elementary reports that nearly all students (88%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Henry Marsh III Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.5%; this one comes in at 34.5%, -27.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Richmond city reports that median household income runs about $64,587, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond city's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), Henry Marsh III Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Chimborazo Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henry Marsh III Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Henry Marsh III Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 45%: 923 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 59% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 30.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.