R.C. Longan Elementary

Located at 9200 Mapleview Ave, in Richmond, Virginia, R.C. Longan Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus that educates 491 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Henrico County Public Schools.

Across the 69 schools in Henrico County Public Schools (51,044 students total), R.C. Longan Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, R.C. Longan Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 27%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 22% Black, 22% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, R.C. Longan Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), R.C. Longan Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Henrico County) records that median household income runs about $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which R.C. Longan Elementary is one.

John Randolph Tucker High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts R.C. Longan Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. R.C. Longan Elementary's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 491). The White share of enrollment declined from 38% to 27% over that span.

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