Enrollment
341
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000818
Montrose Elementary
2820 Williamsburg Rd, Richmond, VA 23231 · (804) 226-8765 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL341 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 7% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
297 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
41%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
49.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Montrose Elementary
Montrose Elementary's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose Elementary this school | 341 | 87.1% | 46.5% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary Highland Springs | 330 | 88.2% | 39.2% |
| Woodberry Hills Elementary Danville | 377 | 92.3% | 43.9% |
| Mary S. Peake Elementary Hampton | 404 | 92.3% | 67.4% |
| Arthur Ashe Jr. Elementary Richmond | 425 | 89.2% | 63.0% |
| Jacob L. Adams Elementary Richmond | 453 | 89.0% | 53.2% |
Matched among Virginia elementary 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 Montrose Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,018 of 1,101 | #37 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,073 of 1,111 ▲ 15 | #37 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,017 of 1,111 ▼ 17 | #34 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 341 | #921 of 1,176 | #41 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #620 of 1,105 | #17 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #897 of 1,106 | #37 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #399 of 1,157 | #33 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #346 of 759 | #11 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
341
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 341 | 24 | 14.2:1 | 87% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 91% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 89% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 23.5 | 16.7:1 | 79% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 82% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 74% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 42% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montrose Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (393 to 341); teachers up 2% (23.5 to 24).
About Montrose Elementary
Montrose Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. The school counts 341 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Henrico County Public Schools is the district for Montrose Elementary. It has 69 schools and 51,044 students.
At 76%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Montrose Elementary combined. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 29%. The chance that two students picked at random at Montrose Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Montrose Elementary is 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henrico County is 67%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Montrose Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Montrose Elementary scores 17.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 46.5% actual versus 64.4% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Henrico County, median household income is about $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Montrose Elementary is among the 84 public schools in Henrico County.
The closest public school, Jacob L. Adams Elementary, is about 1.3 miles from Montrose Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Montrose Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 341, 5% below the 360 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.7:1 to 14.2:1.
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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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Other Montrose Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Montrose Elementary. Montrose Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Montrose Elementary SchoolBexley, OH · 324 students
- Montrose Elementary SchoolCharleston, WV · 224 students
- Montrose Elementary - 02Montrose, SD · 108 students
- MONTROSE ELEM.MONTROSE, MO · 17 students
Nearby schools
- Jacob L. Adams Elementary1.3 mi · 453
- Franklin Military Academy1.6 mi · 335
- Fairfield Middle2.0 mi · 936
- Chimborazo Elementary2.2 mi · 403
- Henry Marsh III Elementary2.2 mi · 512
- Woodville Elementary2.3 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Montrose ElementaryHow large is Montrose Elementary?
Montrose Elementary enrolls approximately 341 students in grades PK-05.
Is Montrose Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Montrose Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Montrose Elementary have?
Montrose Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Montrose Elementary?
Student demographics at Montrose Elementary are roughly 7% White, 10% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Montrose Elementary?
Montrose Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
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