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Armstrong High School

1611 N 31st St, Richmond, VA, 23223-5493 -

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Definition of Terms

Armstrong High School

Grades Offered

Grades PK - 12

County

Richmond City County, VA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

603 students

% Male / % Female

47% / 53%

Total Classroom Teachers

38 teachers

Students by Grade

Pre-K - 30 students

Grade 9 - 227 students

Grade 10 - 146 students

Grade 11 - 99 students

Grade 12 - 101 students

This School

(VA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(VA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	7%
% Hispanic	n/a	10%
% Black	98%	26%
% White	1%	54%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(VA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

75%

20%

% 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	1
Number of Students Managed	24,316 students	6,554 students
District Total Revenue	$307,904,000	$65,298,000
District Expenditure	$313,868,000	$65,810,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,663	$9,963
District Expenditure / Student	$12,908	$10,041

Veterans Day activities in the Richmond area (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 05:12:58 am
Veterans Day ceremonies and activities in the Richmond area. TODAY Virginia War Memorial, 621 S. Belvidere St. The American Legion’s 11th District will co-sponsor a 10 a.m. ceremony that features guest speaker Brig. Gen. Jesse Cross, 50th Quartermaster General. For details, call (804) 786-2060. Goochland County Courthouse, 2938 River Road. American Legion Post 215 will sponsor a ceremony from 11 ...
Veterans Day activities (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 05:13:46 am
Veterans Day ceremonies and activities in the Richmond area. TOMORROW Fifth Baptist Church, 1415 W. Cary St. Pre-Veterans Day services will be held at 8 and 11 a.m. Military veterans are invited to join veterans of Fifth Baptist Church for their annual services. For details, call Thad A. Jones at (804) 329-4999 or e-mail thad.a.jones@comcast.net.
Man fatally stabbed in downtown Richmond (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 04:03:32 am
Richmond police charged a man with murder last night in the fatal daylight stabbing of another man on a busy commercial strip in downtown Richmond. They identified the suspect as Desean Q. Trent, 27.
UPDATE: Police make arrest in downtown fatal stabbing (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 09:01:52 pm
Richmond police charged a man tonight with murder in the stabbing death of another man in the 300 block of East Broad Street this afternoon. They identified the suspect as Desean Q. Trent, 27, who, they said, has no permanent address. The victim was identified as Javis J. Turner, 20, of the 2400 block of Semmes Avenue.
Friends Helping Friends (The Petersburg Progress-Index)
posted on July 24, 2009 at 08:16:21 am
Dr. Leon Wright Bey simply wants to give back. A former women’s basketball coach and athletic director at Virginia State, Bey wants to give local youngsters an opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of both basketball and life.

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Armstrong High School, part of the Richmond Public Schools system, is a high school located in Richmond, Virginia, with grades 9-12.
Known at first as the Richmond Colored Normal School, Armstrong was the first public school in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, for African American students (see racial segregation). Founded in the early 1870s, the Colored Normal School was initially financed by the federal Freedmen's Bureau until it was made part of the Richmond city school system in 1876. The school's name was changed to Armstrong High School in a 1909 transition to a new building.
The school's namesake is former Union General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, a white commander of a U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) regiment during the American Civil War. General Armstrong later founded the Hampton Institute, a historically black college now known as Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Among General Armtrong's legacies in education is the fact that he was a principle mentor of Dr. Booker T. Washington.
History
Armstrong High School's location has changed three times since 1909, in 1923, 1951, and again in 2004. It is now in its fourth location.
In 1909, the school was established at First and Leigh Streets and named in honor of Union General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of Hampton University. Armstrong moved to a new, larger facility in 1923 at the corner of Prentis and Leigh Streets (now the Adult Career Development Center), and then to a new location, 1611 North 31st Street, in 1951.
In 2004, Armstrong merged with nearby John F. Kennedy High School, continuing to use the Armstrong name, colors and mascot, despite using the much newer and air conditioned Kennedy building.
At the current location, Armstrong High School is one of only two of Richmond's public schools which are physically located slightly outside the corporate limits of the independent city in the East End. The Kennedy High School complex and Fairfield Court Elementary School were built in the 1960s on land in a small portion of Henrico County adjacent to Interstate 64 which was cutoff from the rest of the county when the Interstate highway was built.
Notable alumni
Virginia Estelle Randolph, internationally-recognized educator with Henrico County Public Schools
Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder, the first African American elected governor of a U.S. state
External links
Official website

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