Longdale Elementary

Longdale Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Glen Allen, Virginia, operated by Henrico County Public Schools, enrolling 476 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Henrico County Public Schools, which oversees 69 schools and 51,044 students, Longdale Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Longdale Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 18% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Longdale Elementary reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at Longdale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Longdale Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.5%.

Around the school, Henrico County reports that median household income runs about $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Longdale Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Brookland Middle, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Longdale Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 10% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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