Richmond City
Richmond's Enrollment Decline Is Real, But VAVA Blurs the Baseline
Richmond City still has fewer students in the state fall-membership file than it did two decades ago: 26,136 in 2003 and 21,427 in 2025, a loss of 4,709 students, or 18.0%.
Nine Virginia Divisions Saw Graduation Rates Spike During COVID, Then Fall Back
Virginia's graduation data shows a sharp spike-and-fall pattern in a small group of school divisions. Nine divisions rose by three or more points from 2019 to 2021, then fell by three or more points b...
Nearly One in Four Richmond Students Drops Out. At One School, It's Nearly Half.
Richmond City graduated 72.4% of its students in 2023, the lowest rate of any division in Virginia. Its 23.8% dropout rate was nearly five times the state average of 5.4%.
One in Five Virginia Students Is Now Hispanic
In Manassas Park, seven of every 10 students are Hispanic. White enrollment has fallen to 9.8%, down from 19.8% eight years ago. Two hours south in the Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg crossed the majo...
Three in Four Virginia Divisions Never Recovered from COVID
Stafford County added 1,872 students between 2020 and 2025. It is one of 35 Virginia school divisions, out of 131, that can say enrollment has returned to where it was before the pandemic. The other 9...
Virginia's 19% Recovery
For 15 consecutive years, Virginia's public schools grew. From 2003-04 through 2017-18, enrollment climbed by 116,921 students, driven by Northern Virginia's suburban expansion and steady immigration....