Lakeside Elementary

Located at 6700 Cedar Croft St, in Richmond, Virginia, Lakeside Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school that teaches 397 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Henrico County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 499.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeside Elementary records that 35% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 32% White, 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, Lakeside Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at Lakeside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lakeside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 60.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Henrico County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Lakeside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Elizabeth Holladay Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakeside Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeside Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.1%.

Lakeside Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 397 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 19% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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