Mary Munford Elementary
- ATest 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 84.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 29 points, placing it in Virginia's top 10%.
Where Mary Munford Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.5% | #67 of 1,101 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #94 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #61 of 1,111 ▲ 25 | #1 of 26 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #642 of 1,176 | #8 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #916 of 1,106 | #17 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #92 of 1,157 | #3 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #610 of 759 | #19 of 24 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 476 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 21 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 21 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 23 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 99% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | 98% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 21% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 25 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
About Mary Munford Elementary
Mary Munford Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Richmond, Virginia. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 476 students.
Mary Munford Elementary is among 47 schools run by Richmond City Public Schools, which serves 20,962 students.
Roughly 78% of students at Mary Munford Elementary are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Richmond city residents are about 43% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
allk12 grades Mary Munford Elementary an A+. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Mary Munford Elementary scores 28.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 89.5% actual versus 60.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Richmond city (population about 229,359), the median household income is $64,587, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. There are 61 public schools in Richmond city, enrolling about 20,253 students in all.
The nearest public school is Thomas Jefferson High, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mary Munford Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Mary Munford Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25.
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