Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324002807
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts
3411 Semmes Avenue, Richmond, VA 23225 · (804) 888-7061 · Richmond city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
310 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Richmond City Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
84.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +15.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +29.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 84 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 up about 15 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 29 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts this school | 310 | 100.0% | 74.1% |
| Lois Harrison-Jones Elementary Richmond | 262 | 100.0% | 71.3% |
| Surry Elementary Dendron | 292 | 95.5% | 76.3% |
| William Fox Elementary Richmond | 367 | 100.0% | 73.9% |
| Buckingham Co Elementary Dillwyn | 351 | 99.4% | 59.8% |
| Paul Munro Elementary Lynchburg | 356 | 97.2% | 82.4% |
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 Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #463 of 1,101 | #2 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #259 of 1,111 ▲ 529 | #2 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #221 of 1,111 ▲ 417 | #2 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #958 of 1,176 | #17 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #998 of 1,105 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #453 of 1,106 | #3 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #122 of 1,157 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #606 of 759 | #18 of 24 |
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
310
-29 (-9%) vs 2020
+112% since 2010-11, when it was 146
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 310 | 18.6 | 16.7:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 18 | 18.2:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 23 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 24 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 146 | 11 | 13.3:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (327 to 310); teachers down 15% (22 to 18.6).
About Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is a small elementary school. Its address is in Richmond, Virginia. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 310 students. It has 38% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is a school in Richmond City Public Schools. The district has 47 schools and 20,962 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is White, with 44% of students. Other groups include 40% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Richmond city overall, the White share is about 43%. The diversity index for Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is 16.7:1, based on 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Richmond city is close, at 99%.
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 74.1%, compared with a predicted 60.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Richmond city, home to about 229,359 people, the median household earns about $64,587 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts shares Richmond city with 60 other public schools.
Swansboro Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
A 9% decrease took enrollment from 339 in 2020-21 to 310 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.1:1 to 16.7:1.
The allk12 page for Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Richmond city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,359
Census ACS
Median income
$64,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,253 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Richmond City Public Schools
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
- River City MiddleMiddle · 1,150 students
- Richmond High School for the ArtsHigh · 1,116 students
- Cardinal ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Thomas Jefferson HighHigh · 749 students
- Armstrong HighHigh · 709 students
Other schools in Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Nearby schools
- Swansboro Elementary0.4 mi · 172
- Richmond High School for the Arts0.8 mi · 1,116
- Westover Hills Elementary1.3 mi · 375
- Blackwell Elementary1.5 mi · 420
- Maymont Preschool1.5 mi · 143
- Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Patrick Henry School Of Science And ArtsHow large is Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts?
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts serve?
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts?
At Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts, the student body is approximately 44% White, 7% Hispanic, 40% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts?
Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts is overseen by Richmond City Public Schools in Richmond city.
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