📍 2551 New Market Rd, Richmond, Henrico County, 23231
Varina Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Richmond, Henrico County. The school has 263 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Henrico County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Varina Elementary enrolls 263 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 18 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Black or African American, 16% White and 8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 179 | 68% |
| White | 43 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 7.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
236 of the school's 263 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 236 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Varina Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-40, state senate district 9, state house district 70.
Varina Elementary is one of 80 schools in Henrico County Public Schools, based in Henrico, Virginia. The district serves 50,915 students district-wide and employs 3,449 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 263 students, Varina Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 636 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe