Lloyd C. Bird High

Lloyd C. Bird High is one of the high-enrollment secondary schools in Chesterfield, Virginia, run under Chesterfield County Public Schools, with 2,131 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Across the 65 schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools (64,194 students total), Lloyd C. Bird High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lloyd C. Bird High lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 21% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Chesterfield County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lloyd C. Bird High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Chesterfield County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chesterfield County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students), Lloyd C. Bird High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chesterfield Virtual School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lloyd C. Bird High at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 13%: 1,891 students in 2018 compared to 2,131 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 33% to 21%.

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