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What's something Laburnum Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000814
Laburnum Elementary
500 Meriwether Ave, Richmond, VA 23222 · (804) 228-2720 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
416 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
32%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
41.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Laburnum Elementary
Laburnum Elementary's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laburnum Elementary this school | 466 | 89.3% | 35.5% |
| Jacob L. Adams Elementary Richmond | 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% |
| Glen Lea Elementary Richmond | 461 | 88.7% | 37.0% |
| Westview Early Childhood Education Center Petersburg | 418 | 94.0% | N/A |
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 Laburnum Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,089 of 1,101 | #44 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,105 of 1,111 ▼ 10 | #44 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,076 of 1,111 ▲ 20 | #40 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #661 of 1,176 | #28 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #333 of 1,105 | #6 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #974 of 1,106 | #38 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #348 of 1,157 | #17 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #256 of 759 | #6 of 26 |
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
466
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 644
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 89% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 91% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 88% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 90% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 86% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 83% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 74% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laburnum Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (559 to 466); teachers up 6% (34 to 36).
About Laburnum Elementary
Laburnum Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 466 students on the rolls.
Laburnum Elementary is a school in Henrico County Public Schools. The district has 69 schools and 51,044 students.
Laburnum Elementary is 82% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Henrico County's population at about 29%. The diversity index for Laburnum Elementary is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 89% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henrico County is 67%.
Laburnum Elementary scores 28.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 35.5% actual versus 63.8% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Henrico County, median household income comes to about $88,783, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 84 public schools and about 51,753 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Henrico High, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Laburnum Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Laburnum Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 498 (2020-21) to 466 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 12.9:1.
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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
- Henrico High0.5 mi · 1,300
- Richmond Career Education and Employment Charter School1.0 mi · 32
- John Marshall High1.0 mi · 645
- Richmond Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 136
- Thomas H. Henderson Middle1.0 mi · 430
- Frances W. McClenney Elementary1.2 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Laburnum ElementaryHow large is Laburnum Elementary?
Laburnum Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Laburnum Elementary serve?
Laburnum Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Laburnum Elementary?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Laburnum Elementary.
How diverse is Laburnum Elementary?
Laburnum Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 9% Hispanic, 82% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Laburnum Elementary?
Laburnum 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.