Elementary · Virginia

George W. Carver Elementary

Free meals for all

George W. Carver Elementary, a public elementary school in Richmond, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 404 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Richmond City Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 404
Teachers (FTE): 25.8
Students per teacher: 15.7
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 80% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Smaller than 52% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Richmond City Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Richmond City Public Schools.

Location

Address: 1110 W Leigh St, Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804)780-6247
City or town: Richmond
County: Richmond city

Quality of life in Richmond Schools in Richmond

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
William Fox ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	367	14.9	1.1 mi
Overby-Sheppard Elementary	Pre-K–5	256	11.2	1.5 mi
Barack Obama ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	274	12.1	1.5 mi
Lois Harrison-Jones ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	262	13.4	1.9 mi
Bellevue ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	206	15.1	2.2 mi
Linwood Holton ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	433	14.6	2.2 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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