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How has Lloyd C. Bird High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,131
High
DISTRICT 1,871 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000337
Lloyd C. Bird High
10301 Courthouse Rd., Chesterfield, VA 23832 · (804) 768-6110 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,131 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Virginia public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
144 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
1,577 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 586 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 552 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 508 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 485 | 23% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
78.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
63.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 →
Schools most like Lloyd C. Bird High
Lloyd C. Bird High's state test result (63.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd C. Bird High this school | 2,131 | 74.0% | 63.5% |
| Thomas Dale High Chester | 2,582 | 74.2% | 70.6% |
| Potomac High Dumfries | 2,197 | 67.6% | 71.5% |
| Oscar F. Smith High Chesapeake | 2,264 | 71.4% | 73.8% |
| Massaponax High Fredericksburg | 1,692 | 62.8% | 70.8% |
| Chancellor High Fredericksburg | 1,321 | 70.9% | 60.5% |
Matched among Virginia high 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 Lloyd C. Bird High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #261 of 311 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #291 of 316 ▼ 19 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #246 of 316 ▲ 31 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,131 | #46 of 325 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #190 of 309 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #55 of 309 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #147 of 319 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.7% | #39 of 131 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,131
+340 (+19%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,701
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 2,131 | 144.4 | 14.8:1 | 74% (1,577) |
| 2023-24 | 2,127 | 137.2 | 15.5:1 | 75% (1,592) |
| 2022-23 | 2,031 | 131.8 | 15.4:1 | 79% (1,601) |
| 2020-21 | 1,791 | 114 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,891 | 121.8 | 15.5:1 | 43% (821) |
| 2015-16 | 1,844 | 120 | 15.4:1 | 33% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 1,811 | 101 | 17.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 1,863 | 131 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,701 | 109 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lloyd C. Bird High.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (1,891 to 2,131); teachers up 19% (121.8 to 144.4).
About Lloyd C. Bird High
Lloyd C. Bird High is a high school located in Chesterfield, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. The school's 2,131 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Virginia average about 1,213 students each.
The district for Lloyd C. Bird High is Chesterfield County Public Schools, with 65 schools and 64,194 students.
The most common group at Lloyd C. Bird High is Black students, at 41%. Enrollment also includes 32% Hispanic, 21% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 17 points above the 23% share among Chesterfield County residents. Lloyd C. Bird High's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Lloyd C. Bird High is 144.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is higher than the 13.9:1 average for high schools in Virginia. The school counts 1,577 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 74%. For comparison, public schools in Chesterfield County average 54%.
Lloyd C. Bird High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 14% of Virginia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Virginia, Lloyd C. Bird High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 63.5% actual against a predicted 68.0%.
Chesterfield County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County is home to 76 public schools and about 64,194 public school students.
The closest public school to Lloyd C. Bird High is Chesterfield Virtual School, about 0.3 miles away. Lloyd C. Bird High is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Lloyd C. Bird High comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Lloyd C. Bird High as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 2,131, a 19% gain from 1,791 in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
- James River HighHigh · 1,842 students
Other schools in Chesterfield
- Matoaca HighHigh · 1,624 students
- J.A. Chalkley ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Winterpock ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Jacobs Road ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- O.B. Gates ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- Chesterfield Virtual SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Chesterfield Virtual School0.3 mi · 440
- O.B. Gates Elementary0.4 mi · 620
- Salem Church Middle0.5 mi · 876
- Salem Church Elementary0.6 mi · 574
- Beulah Elementary1.6 mi · 902
- Ecoff Elementary2.7 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Lloyd C. Bird HighHow large is Lloyd C. Bird High?
Lloyd C. Bird High enrolls approximately 2,131 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Lloyd C. Bird High serve?
Lloyd C. Bird High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Lloyd C. Bird High?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Lloyd C. Bird High.
How diverse is Lloyd C. Bird High?
Lloyd C. Bird High reports a student body of 21% White, 32% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lloyd C. Bird High?
Lloyd C. Bird High is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.