Blackwell Elementary School
1600 Everett St, Richmond, VA, 23224-3896 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Blackwell Elementary School
School Level Primary school
Grades Offered Grades PK - 5
County Richmond City County, VA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 510 students
% Male / % Female 54%  /  46%
Total Classroom Teachers 48 teachers
Students by Grade
Pre-K - 118 students
Kind - 74 students
Grade 1 - 69 students
Grade 2 - 65 students
Grade 3 - 61 students
Grade 4 - 61 students
Grade 5 - 62 students
This School
(VA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:11 1:13
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(VA) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a 4%
% Hispanic 2% 8%
% Black 98% 27%
% White n/a 58%
Additional Student Information
This School
(VA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 61% 28%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 4% 7%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(VA) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Richmond City Public s School District
This School's Agency
(VA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 56 8
Number of Students Managed 24,316 students 3,743 students
District Total Revenue $307,904,000 $33,339,000
District Expenditure $313,868,000 $35,891,000
District Revenue / Student $12,663 $8,907
District Expenditure / Student $12,908 $9,589
In the News:
  • Changing bedrooms and lives in Gilpin Court (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    posted on September 4, 2009 at 04:19:56 am
    Destany Bing had put on her best pink dress and begun sweeping her bedroom floor by the time the makeover team arrived at her Gilpin Court home. The room transformation was the culmination of a 22-week program that paired the 10-year-old Carver Elementary School student and 12 other girls in the low-income housing development with adult mentors for a journey through art projects, life-skills ...
  • Obituaries for July 25 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    posted on July 25, 2009 at 04:14:03 am
    Artis, Mr. Kenneth Ray, 45, of Richmond. Brandon, Mr. James Albert Sr., 70, of Richmond, a retired construction employee. Fry, Mr. Kenneth A., 80, of Chesterfield, an Army veteran, a retired machine operator for Philip Morris, husband of Dorothy Virginia Fry. Kinley, Mr. George Jr., 82, of Richmond, an Army veteran, a retired railroad maintenance engineer, husband of Doris Kinley.
  • Retired Richmond teacher Frances T.G. Williams dies (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    posted on June 19, 2009 at 04:10:56 am
    Frances Tsepho Gow Williams recalled growing up in Cape Town, South Africa, seeing the Indian Ocean from a cable car atop Table Mountain and walking with penguins on the beach. Born in Johannesburg to African Methodist Episcopal missionaries, she was the only child of a man who would become the first African elected a bishop in his denomination and his wife, who hailed from Richmond.
  • Schools recycle, clean up for Public Works Week (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    posted on May 18, 2009 at 01:50:59 pm
    Three Richmond schools will conduct school recycling and cleanup projects this week as part of a city celebration of public works. J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, Blackwell Elementary School and Huguenot High School will join the Department of Public Works in celebrating Public Works Week, begun almost 50 years ago to recognize the people who develop and maintain public infrastructure.
  • Elsie Taylor Brown, retired South Side teacher, dies at 87 (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
    posted on March 22, 2009 at 04:27:15 am
    Retired teacher Elsie T. Brown dies Elsie Taylor Brown lived on North Side but was close to the South Richmond communities near Blackwell Elementary School. She began teaching kindergarten at Blackwell in the early 1950s, and first grade at Patrick Henry Elementary School, where she retired in the mid-1980s. “She knew the families. . . . She spent so much time in South Side teaching that she was ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (23224)
School Zip (23224)
(VA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 32,072 people 6,688,554 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 13% 26%
Population Average Age 31 years old 35 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $27,132 $50,018
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.9 rooms 5.9 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 45 years old 34 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (23224)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 44% / 56% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Oak Grove/bellemeade Elementary School - 439 students - 0.7 mi. away - view location
2. Swansboro Elementary School - 304 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
3. Patrick Henry Elementary School - 241 students - 1.3 mi. away - view location
4. Bellevue Model Elementary School - 297 students - 1.7 mi. away - view location
5. Clark Springs Elementary School - 334 students - 1.8 mi. away - view location
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