1
Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000821
R.C. Longan Elementary
9200 Mapleview Ave, Richmond, VA 23294 · (804) 527-4640 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
439 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
1
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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
78%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
53.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 R.C. Longan Elementary
R.C. Longan Elementary's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R.C. Longan Elementary this school | 491 | 89.4% | 57.8% |
| Skipwith Elementary Richmond | 603 | 88.1% | 56.0% |
| Maude Trevvett Elementary Richmond | 578 | 89.1% | 77.8% |
| Cameron Elementary Alexandria | 606 | 87.6% | 57.3% |
| Springfield Park Elementary Glen Allen | 652 | 90.5% | 78.5% |
| Jackson Davis Elementary Richmond | 535 | 88.4% | 70.3% |
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 R.C. Longan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #871 of 1,101 | #28 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #855 of 1,111 ▼ 58 | #24 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #970 of 1,111 ▼ 55 | #33 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #609 of 1,176 | #25 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #830 of 1,105 | #25 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 78.2% | #2 of 1,106 | #1 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #343 of 1,157 | #13 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.9% | #210 of 324 | #10 of 20 |
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
491
+26 (+6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 491 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 89% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 93% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 91% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 57% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 25 | 19.3:1 | 54% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 40% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 14% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 35 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R.C. Longan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (468 to 491); teachers up 10% (29 to 32).
About R.C. Longan Elementary
R.C. Longan Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Richmond, Virginia. It reported 491 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
R.C. Longan Elementary is among 69 schools run by Henrico County Public Schools, which serves 51,044 students.
White students make up 27% of enrollment at R.C. Longan Elementary, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 22% Black, 22% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 9% multiracial. That compares with about 51% White among all Henrico County residents. A diversity index of 78% means there is a 78% chance two randomly chosen students at R.C. Longan Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Of all students at R.C. Longan Elementary, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Henrico County average 67%.
R.C. Longan Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.8%) and its predicted rate (63.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
The school's county is Henrico County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. R.C. Longan Elementary shares Henrico County with 83 other public schools.
The closest school to R.C. Longan Elementary is John Randolph Tucker High, located about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of R.C. Longan Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 57.8% is below the 65.5% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 491 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 465. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 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
- John Randolph Tucker High0.9 mi · 2,132
- Hungary Creek Middle1.3 mi · 834
- Jackson Davis Elementary1.4 mi · 535
- Springfield Park Elementary1.5 mi · 652
- Dumbarton Elementary1.6 mi · 684
- Skipwith Elementary1.6 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About R.C. Longan ElementaryHow many students attend R.C. Longan Elementary?
R.C. Longan Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does R.C. Longan Elementary serve?
R.C. Longan Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at R.C. Longan Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at R.C. Longan Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at R.C. Longan Elementary?
At R.C. Longan Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 20% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is R.C. Longan Elementary in?
R.C. Longan Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
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