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Enrollment
509
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000824
Ruby F. Carver Elementary
1801 Lauderdale Rd, Richmond, VA 23233 · (804) 750-2640 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL509 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
448 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
72%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 Ruby F. Carver Elementary
Ruby F. Carver Elementary's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby F. Carver Elementary this school | 509 | 88.0% | 68.3% |
| Pinchbeck Elementary Richmond | 538 | 90.3% | 70.3% |
| Burlington Elementary Roanoke | 530 | 90.0% | 69.9% |
| Jackson Davis Elementary Richmond | 535 | 88.4% | 70.3% |
| Samuel P. Langley Elementary Hampton | 429 | 92.3% | 81.4% |
| Maude Trevvett Elementary Richmond | 578 | 89.1% | 77.8% |
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 Ruby F. Carver Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #636 of 1,101 | #20 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #628 of 1,111 ▲ 61 | #19 of 45 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #652 of 1,111 ▲ 64 | #21 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #556 of 1,176 | #22 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #940 of 1,105 | #35 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #143 of 1,106 | #9 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #382 of 1,157 | #31 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #228 of 324 | #13 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
509
+65 (+15%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 509 | 31.5 | 16.2:1 | 88% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 93% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 30.5 | 14.9:1 | 55% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 24 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 27.5 | 17.8:1 | 45% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 28 | 19.6:1 | 43% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 36 | 17.6:1 | 9% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruby F. Carver Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (489 to 509); teachers up 15% (27.5 to 31.5).
About Ruby F. Carver Elementary
Ruby F. Carver Elementary is a public elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 509 students.
Henrico County Public Schools counts 51,044 students in its 69 schools, and Ruby F. Carver Elementary is one of them.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Ruby F. Carver Elementary. The largest is White students, at 43%. Next come 22% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. Ruby F. Carver Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 31.5 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 16.2:1 here. Around 88% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 21 points above the 67% average for public schools in Henrico County.
Ruby F. Carver Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (68.3%) and its predicted rate (64.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Henrico County, the median household income is $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Ruby F. Carver Elementary is one of 84 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Mills E. Godwin High is the closest, at about 1.6 miles. Ruby F. Carver Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 78.2%, higher than Ruby F. Carver Elementary's 68.3%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 509 students in 2024-25, 65 more than the 444 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.5:1 to 16.2:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Mills E. Godwin High1.6 mi · 1,702
- Gayton Elementary2.0 mi · 605
- Pinchbeck Elementary2.1 mi · 538
- Quioccasin Middle2.5 mi · 1,053
- Maybeury Elementary2.7 mi · 691
- Pemberton Elementary2.7 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About Ruby F. Carver ElementaryHow many students attend Ruby F. Carver Elementary?
Ruby F. Carver Elementary enrolls approximately 509 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ruby F. Carver Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ruby F. Carver Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ruby F. Carver Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ruby F. Carver Elementary is approximately 16.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruby F. Carver Elementary?
At Ruby F. Carver Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 18% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Ruby F. Carver Elementary?
Ruby F. Carver Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.