Maymont Preschool

Maymont Preschool, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a very small elementary school. Its enrollment is 143 students, spread over pre-K. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average enrollment is about 499.

Maymont Preschool is in Richmond City Public Schools, a district with 20,962 students across 47 schools.

The share of Black students at Maymont Preschool is 71%, a majority. It is also 10% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Richmond city is roughly 41% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.

Based on 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, Maymont Preschool has a ratio of 11.0:1. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The average for public schools in Richmond city is similar, at 99%.

In the wider Richmond city area, median household income comes to about $64,587, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richmond city counts 61 public schools with about 20,253 students.

Dogwood Middle is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Maymont Preschool, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment was 547 in 2020-21 and 143 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The number of students per teacher dropped from 27.4 to 11.0 over 4 years.

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