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Amelia Street Special Education School

Serves grades PK - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1821 Amelia St
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone
(804) 780-6275
District
Richmond City Public Schools
County
RICHMOND CITY
Type of School
Special education
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
24
Classroom Teachers
1

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Amelia Street Special Education School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.2% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Amelia Street Special Education School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
20%
71%
20%
73%
20%
70%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
0%
69%
0%
71%
0%
66%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
11
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 0 0.0%
Grade 1 1 4.2%
Grade 2 5 20.8%
Grade 3 4 16.7%
Grade 4 3 12.5%
Grade 5 5 20.8%
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 2 8.3%
Grade 8 2 8.3%
Grade 9 0 0.0%
Grade 10 0 0.0%
Grade 11 0 0.0%
Grade 12 2 8.3%
Total 24 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 0.0% 11.2% 48.2%
Black 95.8% 61.6% 23.2%
Hispanic 4.2% 26.2% 20.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.8% 8.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 87.5% 96.8% 54.2%
Free lunch eligible 87.5% 96.8% 52.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 227,171 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,790.9 217
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.3% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.7% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.6% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 101,201 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.8% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 44.1% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.6% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.6% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.4% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.2% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 13.4% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,634 $224,695,000 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,226 $25,911,000 6.1%
Staff $3,015 $63,705,000 15.0%
General Administration $81 $1,714,000 0.4%
School Administration $944 $19,942,000 4.7%
Operation $1,461 $30,879,000 7.3%
Transportation $479 $10,111,000 2.4%
Other $429 $9,060,000 2.1%
Total Support $7,635 $161,322,000 38.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,774 $37,478,000 8.8%
Total Expenditures $20,042 $423,495,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,373 $10,552,865,000 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $758 $955,427,000 5.0%
Staff $1,079 $1,360,547,000 7.1%
General Administration $220 $277,323,000 1.4%
School Administration $795 $1,002,496,000 5.2%
Operation $1,221 $1,539,444,000 8.0%
Transportation $601 $757,130,000 4.0%
Other $254 $320,067,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,929 $6,212,434,000 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,880 $2,369,342,000 12.4%
Total Expenditures $15,182 $19,134,641,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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