Richlands Elementary

Richlands Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Richlands, Virginia, operated by Tazewell County Public Schools. The school instructs 576 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tazewell County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 5,134 students. Richlands Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Richlands Elementary records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tazewell County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at Richlands Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Richlands Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.5%; Richlands Elementary posts 81.8%, +18.3 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Tazewell County reports that median household earnings sit near $47,313, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tazewell County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,134 students), of which Richlands Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Richlands Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richlands Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 80.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Richlands Elementary's enrollment has climbed 7% since 2018, when it stood at 539 (now 576). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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