Summer Hill Preschool Center

As a minimally staffed elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, Summer Hill Preschool Center instructs 192 students from grade pre-K, overseen by Richmond City Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Summer Hill Preschool Center sits 62% smaller than that benchmark.

Richmond City Public Schools comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 20,962 students; Summer Hill Preschool Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Summer Hill Preschool Center shows that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 47% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 14 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 99% of students at Summer Hill Preschool Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Richmond city put median household income runs about $64,587, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Summer Hill Preschool Center is one of 61 public schools in Richmond city (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students).

The closest other public school is Thomas C. Boushall Middle, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Summer Hill Preschool Center's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 197 (now 192). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Summer Hill Preschool Center community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.