Mills E. Godwin High

Mills E. Godwin High operates as a moderately sized secondary school in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Henrico County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,702 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 40% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 1,213 students.

Across the 69 schools in Henrico County Public Schools (51,044 students total), Mills E. Godwin High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mills E. Godwin High shows that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 17% Asian, 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Mills E. Godwin High lists 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mills E. Godwin High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.7%; this one delivers 79.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Henrico County indicate median household earnings sit near $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Mills E. Godwin High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pinchbeck Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mills E. Godwin High. On composite proficiency, Mills E. Godwin High comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 76.7%.

Mills E. Godwin High operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mills E. Godwin High has contracted 7%, going from 1,828 students in 2018 to 1,702 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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