Southampton Elementary

Southampton Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in Richmond, Virginia, run under Richmond City Public Schools, with 473 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Richmond City Public Schools runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 20,962 students. Southampton Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Southampton Elementary records that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Richmond city as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Southampton Elementary logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Southampton Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southampton Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.3%; actual is 42.3%, a gap of -19.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richmond city indicate the typical household earns roughly $64,587 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond city's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), Southampton Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Huguenot High, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Southampton Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 60.3%.

Southampton Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 83% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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