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What tradition at Jacob L. Adams Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000813
Jacob L. Adams Elementary
600 S Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23223 · (804) 226-8745 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
403 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 | 50 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
31%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
56.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Jacob L. Adams Elementary
Jacob L. Adams Elementary's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob L. Adams Elementary this school | 453 | 89.0% | 53.2% |
| Highland Springs Elementary Highland Springs | 469 | 89.3% | 34.7% |
| Arthur Ashe Jr. Elementary Richmond | 425 | 89.2% | 63.0% |
| Laburnum Elementary Richmond | 466 | 89.3% | 35.5% |
| Westview Early Childhood Education Center Petersburg | 418 | 94.0% | N/A |
| Glen Lea Elementary Richmond | 461 | 88.7% | 37.0% |
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 Jacob L. Adams Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #944 of 1,101 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,042 of 1,111 ▼ 53 | #34 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #923 of 1,111 ▲ 24 | #28 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #696 of 1,176 | #32 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #604 of 1,105 | #16 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.3% | #979 of 1,106 | #39 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #360 of 1,157 | #24 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #215 of 324 | #12 of 20 |
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
453
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 89% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 93% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 89% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 27 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 24.5 | 17.7:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 81% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 70% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 50% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacob L. Adams Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (433 to 453); teachers up 31% (24.5 to 32).
About Jacob L. Adams Elementary
Jacob L. Adams Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. A total of 453 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
The district, Henrico County Public Schools, has 51,044 students enrolled across 69 schools.
The student body at Jacob L. Adams Elementary is 82% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 4% White, and 4% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. Pick two students at random and there is a 31% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Jacob L. Adams Elementary is 89%. The 67% average for public schools in Henrico County is 22 points lower.
Jacob L. Adams Elementary is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Jacob L. Adams Elementary is 10.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.2% actual, 63.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
In Henrico County (population about 335,744), the median household income is $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Jacob L. Adams Elementary is one of 84 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Fairfield Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Jacob L. Adams Elementary is ahead of the 48.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Jacob L. Adams Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 19 students since 2020-21, to 453. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 16.1:1 to 14.2:1.
Community posts for Jacob L. Adams Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Fairfield Middle0.7 mi · 936
- Montrose Elementary1.3 mi · 341
- Highland Springs Elementary1.5 mi · 469
- Woodville Elementary2.1 mi · 217
- Franklin Military Academy2.1 mi · 335
- Fairfield Court Elementary2.2 mi · 222
Frequently asked questions
About Jacob L. Adams ElementaryHow many students attend Jacob L. Adams Elementary?
Jacob L. Adams Elementary enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jacob L. Adams Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jacob L. Adams Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jacob L. Adams Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jacob L. Adams Elementary is approximately 14.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jacob L. Adams Elementary?
At Jacob L. Adams Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 10% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Jacob L. Adams Elementary?
Jacob L. Adams Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.