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Enrollment
1,702
High
DISTRICT 1,614 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189001851
Mills E. Godwin High
2101 Pump Rd, Richmond, VA 23238 · (804) 750-2600 · Henrico County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,702 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
461 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 410 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 432 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 410 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 450 | 26% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
92.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
79.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Mills E. Godwin High
Mills E. Godwin High's state test result (79.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills E. Godwin High this school | 1,702 | 27.1% | 79.9% |
| Glen Allen High Glen Allen | 1,939 | 30.4% | 75.6% |
| Ocean Lakes High Virginia Beach | 1,834 | 30.0% | 86.3% |
| Stone Bridge High Ashburn | 1,629 | 20.1% | 85.0% |
| Battlefield High Haymarket | 2,063 | 14.4% | 83.1% |
| Riverside High Leesburg | 1,710 | 18.4% | 77.4% |
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 Mills E. Godwin High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #90 of 311 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #138 of 316 ▼ 107 | #2 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #59 of 316 ▼ 32 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,702 | #88 of 325 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #286 of 309 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #136 of 309 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #267 of 319 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #111 of 178 | N/A |
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
1,702
-128 (-7%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,370
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 1,702 | 98 | 17.4:1 | 27% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 1,740 | 100 | 17.4:1 | 29% (507) |
| 2022-23 | 1,773 | 97.5 | 18.2:1 | 26% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 1,830 | 92 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,828 | 93.2 | 19.6:1 | 14% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 1,831 | 95 | 19.3:1 | 12% (223) |
| 2010-11 | 1,924 | 82 | 23.5:1 | 11% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 1,984 | 109 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,370 | 80 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mills E. Godwin High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,828 to 1,702); teachers up 5% (93.2 to 98).
About Mills E. Godwin High
Students in Richmond, Virginia, attend Mills E. Godwin High, a mid-sized high school. Enrollment stands at 1,702 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 40% bigger than the 1,213-student average for high schools in Virginia.
Henrico County Public Schools enrolls 51,044 students in 69 schools, including Mills E. Godwin High.
More than half of enrollment at Mills E. Godwin High is White: 59%. The remaining shares are 17% Asian, 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Henrico County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mills E. Godwin High scores 60%.
Its ratio of 17.4:1 is based on 98 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Virginia average 13.9:1, 3.5 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 27%. Public schools in Henrico County average 67%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mills E. Godwin High is -0.8 points: 79.9% actual, 80.7% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Henrico County show that median household income comes to about $88,783, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 84, with about 51,753 students.
Mills E. Godwin High is about 1.5 miles from Pinchbeck Elementary, its nearest public school. Mills E. Godwin High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Mills E. Godwin High's average proficiency of 79.9% compares with 76.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Mills E. Godwin High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 1,830 (2020-21) to 1,702 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.9:1 to 17.4:1.
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Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Pinchbeck Elementary1.5 mi · 538
- Quioccasin Middle1.5 mi · 1,053
- Ruby F. Carver Elementary1.6 mi · 509
- Pemberton Elementary1.6 mi · 344
- Pocahontas Middle1.8 mi · 914
- Gayton Elementary1.8 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Mills E. Godwin HighHow large is Mills E. Godwin High?
Mills E. Godwin High enrolls approximately 1,702 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mills E. Godwin High serve?
Mills E. Godwin High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Mills E. Godwin High have?
Mills E. Godwin High employs 98 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mills E. Godwin High?
At Mills E. Godwin High, the student body is approximately 59% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mills E. Godwin High in?
Mills E. Godwin High is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.