Robious Elementary

Located at 2801 Robious Crossing Dr., in Midlothian, Virginia, Robious Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that caters to 660 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Chesterfield County Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Robious Elementary sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Within Chesterfield County Public Schools, which oversees 65 schools and 64,194 students, Robious Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Robious Elementary reports that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 24% of students at Robious Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Chesterfield County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Robious Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 81.6%; this one delivers 82.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Chesterfield County put median household income runs about $101,931, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Chesterfield County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students), Robious Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Robious Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Robious Elementary. On composite proficiency, Robious Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 80.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Robious Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 660). White enrollment moved from 80% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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