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Richmond Community High School

5800 Patterson Ave, Richmond, VA, 23226-2599 -

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Definition of Terms

Richmond Community High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Richmond City County, VA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

203 students

% Male / % Female

42% / 58%

Total Classroom Teachers

15 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 58 students

Grade 10 - 68 students

Grade 11 - 43 students

Grade 12 - 34 students

This School

(VA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(VA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	3%
% Hispanic	n/a	5%
% Black	82%	27%
% White	14%	63%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(VA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

21%

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(VA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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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	$37,199,000
District Expenditure	$313,868,000	$37,511,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,663	$9,938
District Expenditure / Student	$12,908	$10,022
District Graduation Rates	84%	88%

M. Basketball. Wake Forest Signs Five to National Letters of Intent (Wake Forest Sports)
posted on November 14, 2009 at 01:11:04 am
Wake Forest head coach Dino Gaudio announced today that five prospective student-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to attend Wake Forest beginning in the fall of 2010.
Ideas proposed for St. Mary’s Hospital growth (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 05:03:44 am
The “new urbanism” style of development that Bon Secours Richmond Health System envisions for its St. Francis Medical Center in Chesterfield County also would guide future development of its St. Mary’s Hospital in Henrico County under proposals presented last night. The St. Mary’s campus would become more pedestrian friendly and show a more architecturally pleasing face to Monument Avenue under ...
Discussions to focus on future of St. Mary’s Hospital campus (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 05:17:10 am
If you can imagine St. Mary’s Hospital with a more campuslike setting, perhaps a walking trail meandering through landscaped areas with a coffee shop along the way, then hospital administrators want to hear from you.
Richmond-area students head back to school (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on September 8, 2009 at 01:43:25 pm
Dreary weather notwithstanding, students packed up and headed off to the first day of the new school year in the Richmond region today. it was a great morning at Richmond Community High School. Facing a record-size student body of 250, including six foreign exchange students, principal Thomas Beatty opened the school year a little after 7 a.m. with a friendly welcome and a big smile. “Welcome ...
School Supply Drive in Richmond (CBS 6 Richmond)
posted on August 30, 2009 at 03:56:10 am
RICHMOND - Hundreds of Richmond parents and students showed up to Richmond Community High School on Saturday for free school supplies and more than half left empty handed.

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Richmond Community High School (RCHS) is an alternative high school operated by the Richmond City Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia, USA. It was founded in 1977 as America's first full-time, four year, public high school for academically talented students primarily from minority and low-income families.
The school began with a grant from Richmond businessman-philanthropist Andrew J. Asch, Jr., perhaps best known as the 1970s developer of downtown Richmond's Shockoe Slip area, a collection of tobacco warehouses in which are located shops, restaurants and offices.
Asch's original grant was made to the Virginia State University Foundation, which assisted Richmond Public Schools with a demonstration program. (For the first several months of existence, the project was known within thecity schools system as merely the "Secondary School Experiential Learning Community".)
Asch thought bright students from minority and low-income families should have the cultural and educational opportunities his own children had enjoyed. He remained active in the affairs of the school until his death in 1991.
Richmond Community High School admits applicants from within the city limits who are identified as academically gifted, with a preference for socio-economically challenged students. Virtually all graduates continue to college.
History
For the first two years (1977–1979) the school was housed inside the Richmond Mosque, better known as a live music venue. From 1979–1986, it operated in extra space in an elementary school (Carver) within the school district. From 1986–1990, RCHS had a home in the Maggie Walker building, which had previously been a neighborhood high school.
After years of moving from location to location, in 1990, RCHS moved into the former Westhampton Elementary School building, located on what was a large wooded site at 5800 Patterson Avenue (State Route 6) in The West End of Richmond.
In the early years, the school only accepted students every other year. The first class graduated in 1981; since 1988, the school has graduated a class every year.
School year 2007-2008
RCHS gets National Recognition for being one of America's Best High Schools
Richmond Community and Open high schools received silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the ranking conducted by School Evaluation Services, a K-12 data research and analysis business operated by Standard & Poor’s.
More than 18,500 schools located in 40 states were analyzed according to how well students performed on state tests, how well each school’s disadvantaged students performed and whether the school was successful in providing college-level coursework.
Richmond Community was one of only 505 schools, or 3%, to be awarded a gold or silver medal. Open was one of 1,086 schools, or 6%, to earn bronze.
External links
Official website

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