Varina Elementary

Varina Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary campus in Richmond, Virginia, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools, hosts 274 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Varina Elementary sits 45% below that benchmark.

Henrico County Public Schools runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 51,044 students. Varina Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Varina Elementary logs that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 19% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Varina Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Varina Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.1%; this one delivers 51.0%.

In the surrounding community, Henrico County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Varina Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Henrico Virtual Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Varina Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Varina Elementary has contracted 18%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 25% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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