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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Linwood Holton Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324001927
Linwood Holton Elementary
1600 W. Laburnum Ave, Richmond, VA 23227 · (804) 228-5310 · Richmond city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
104%
449 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
80.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
77.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
Where Linwood Holton Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #640 of 1,101 | #5 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #489 of 1,111 ▲ 207 | #4 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #335 of 1,111 ▲ 158 | #3 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #743 of 1,176 | #10 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #704 of 1,105 | #12 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #650 of 1,106 | #8 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 104% | #11 of 1,157 | #1 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.3% | #25 of 759 | #5 of 24 |
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
433
-49 (-10%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 433 | 29.6 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 29 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 25 | 23.9:1 | 98% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 569 | 28 | 20.3:1 | 45% (254) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 74% (429) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linwood Holton Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (649 to 433); teachers down 13% (34 to 29.6).
About Linwood Holton Elementary
Linwood Holton Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, (ZIP code 23227). In all, 433 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
The 47 schools in Richmond City Public Schools enroll 20,962 students altogether, Linwood Holton Elementary among them.
More than half of the students at Linwood Holton Elementary are White (56%). The next largest groups are 34% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. In Richmond city overall, about 43% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Linwood Holton Elementary scores 57%.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1.
Linwood Holton Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Linwood Holton Elementary is 8.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (68.3% versus 59.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
The county, Richmond city, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $64,587 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Counting Linwood Holton Elementary, Richmond city has 61 public schools.
Linwood Holton Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Frances W. McClenney Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 68.3% is above the 53.9% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 482 students in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
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Richmond city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,359
Census ACS
Median income
$64,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond City Public Schools
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
- River City MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
- Richmond High School for the ArtsHigh · 1,116 students
- Cardinal ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Thomas Jefferson HighHigh · 749 students
- Armstrong HighHigh · 709 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
- Frances W. McClenney Elementary0.8 mi · 302
- John Marshall High1.0 mi · 645
- Richmond Career Education and Employment Charter School1.0 mi · 32
- Richmond Virtual Academy1.1 mi · 136
- Thomas H. Henderson Middle1.1 mi · 430
- Barack Obama Elementary1.6 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About Linwood Holton ElementaryHow many students attend Linwood Holton Elementary?
Linwood Holton Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is Linwood Holton Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linwood Holton Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Linwood Holton Elementary have?
Linwood Holton Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Linwood Holton Elementary?
Student demographics at Linwood Holton Elementary are roughly 56% White, 3% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Linwood Holton Elementary in?
Linwood Holton Elementary is part of Richmond City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.