Laburnum Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in Richmond, Virginia, Laburnum Elementary works with 466 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Henrico County Public Schools.

Laburnum Elementary is one of 69 schools operated by Henrico County Public Schools, a district that works with 51,044 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Laburnum Elementary shows that nearly all students (82%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Laburnum Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Laburnum Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 63.8%; Laburnum Elementary posts 35.5%, -28.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Henrico County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Laburnum Elementary is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students).

Henrico High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Laburnum Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Laburnum Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.2%.

Laburnum Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Laburnum Elementary has edged down 17%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 89% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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