Henrico County Public Schools

There are 72 total schools and program centers. There are 46 elementary schools, 12 middle schools, 9 high schools, 3 Advanced Career Education Centers, 3 alternative program centers, and a virtual academy. Additional schools are being planned to be built as of March 2023.{{Cite web |title=Henrico County Public Schools |url=https://www.henricoschools.us/ |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.henricoschools.us |language=en}} At the elementary level, the pupil/teacher ratio is 19.1, while at the high school level, the ratio is 18.3. There are 2,893 full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers in the district. The district had a budget of 762.9 million dollars in 2022–2023.

There are 21,483 students at the elementary school level, 11,108 at the middle school level, and 15,798 at the high school level. 588 students are classified as attending other programs, leading to a total of 48,977. Of these students, 35.2% are African American, 33.5% are Caucasian, 13.2% are Asian, 12.5% are Hispanic, 5.2% are members of multiple races, and 0.4% are in the "other" category. In 2022, 90% of the students graduated on-time, and there were 3,716 graduates. 73% planned to continue their education, and 21.9 million dollars were awarded in scholarships. 44.9% of students were eligible for free and reduced-cost school meals.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-07 |title=Henrico County Public Schools |url=http://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/henrico-county-public-schools |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Virginia School Quality Profiles |language=en-US}}

The Henrico County School Board for 2022 consists of: Kristi B. Kinsella, chair from the Brookland District; Alicia S. Atkins, vice chair from the Varina District; Roscoe Cooper III of the Fairfield District; Marcie F. Shea, vice chair from the Tuckahoe District; and Michelle F. "Micky" Ogburn from the Three Chopt District.{{Cite web|url=https://www.henricoschools.us/page/about-hcps|title=About HCPS – Henrico County Public Schools|access-date=July 28, 2023}}

Superintendent Dr. Amy E. Cashwell, former chief academic officer of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools, took office July 1, 2018, succeeding the retiring Dr. Patrick C. Kinlaw.{{Cite web |url=http://henricoschools.us/henrico-county-public-schools-selects-amy-cashwell-as-new-superintendent/ |title=Henrico County Public Schools selects Amy Cashwell as new superintendent – Henrico County Public Schools |access-date=2018-07-30 |archive-date=2018-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730203037/http://henricoschools.us/henrico-county-public-schools-selects-amy-cashwell-as-new-superintendent/ |url-status=dead }}

As one room school houses gradually evolved into graded elementary schools with multiple classrooms (an educational development in Henrico as in many other places), children often lived too far away from the closest of these schools to walk as they had previously to the smaller schools.

Henrico began transportation of some children via farm wagons, and the program quickly grew. In 1933, Henrico County Public Schools began operating school buses. By 1960, the county was operating 118 buses expanding to 158 by 1964. In the early 1970s, fleet maintenance for all county and school board vehicles – which had been located at Dabb's House{{Cite web |url=https://henrico.us/rec/places/dabbs-house/ |title=Dabbs House Museum - The Official Website of Henrico County |access-date=August 11, 2023}} on Nine Mile Road and at a West End depot formerly located on the site now occupied by Regency Mall on Parham Road at Quioccasin Road – was consolidated at a new large and modern facility on Woodman Road in the northern section of the county.{{Cite web|title=Henrico County - Central Auto Maintenance| url=https://henrico.us/genserv/central-auto-maint|accessdate=August 11, 2023}}

The Henrico school division is one of the larger school bus programs in Virginia as well as in the United States. As of the 2021–22 school year, Henrico County Public Schools used a fleet of 627 school buses. Henrico County Public School buses make two to four runs into and out of schools every school day, transporting more than 28,000 students to school and bringing them home daily.{{Cite web |url=https://www.henricoschools.us/page/pupil-transportation|title=Henrico County Public Schools Transportation|accessdate=August 11, 2023}} Most buses are Type C "conventional style" school, and Type D, or Transit buses Bus models include the International FE, International RE, Thomas Saf-T-Liner HDX.Thomas Saf-T-Liner

Henrico County Public Schools was one of the first school divisions in the U.S. to distribute laptop computers to students, during the 2001 school year.{{Cite web

| title = Apple to Supply 23,000 iBooks to Henrico County Public Schools

| work = Public Relations Library

| publisher = Apple Computer

| date = 1 May 2001

| url = https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2001/may/1henrico.html

| quote = Apple today announced an agreement with Henrico County Public Schools to supply 23,000 iBooks to the division. This initiative will give every middle and high school student and teacher access to their own laptop computer with plans to eventually provide every teacher and student throughout the division with an iBook.

| access-date = 14 January 2011

| archive-date = 2 January 2021

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}} Initially, the four-year, $18.6 million project was for high school students alone. However, the middle school program was also phased in 2002.{{Cite web

| title = Henrico retools its laptop program.

| work = Heller Report on Educational Technology Markets

| publisher = AllBusiness.com

| date = 1 February 2002

| url = http://www.allbusiness.com/sector-61-educational-services/113725-1.html

| quote = The four-year $18.6 million contract called for Henrico County schools to lease 23,000 iBooks from Apple Computer. In fall 2001, every one of the county's 10,8000 high school students received a laptop computer. Plans called for 7,700 computers to be distributed to seventh and eighth-graders in 2002 and 3,100 computers to sixth-graders in 2003.

| access-date = 14 January 2011}} Up until the 2005–06 school year, Apple computers were used exclusively. In 2005, Dell was awarded a contract with HCPS for high school students.{{Cite web

| title = Virginia's Henrico County Public Schools Selects Dell for $17.9 Million Student Computing...

| work = Business Wire

| publisher = AllBusiness.com

| date = 23 June 2005

| url = http://www.allbusiness.com/electronics/computer-equipment-laptop-computers/5172584-1.html

| quote = Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools ... has selected Dell ... as the exclusive provider of computers for a four-year program valued at $17.9 million. The program will equip every division high school student and teacher with a notebook computer. Dell will provide the division 15,800 Dell notebook systems, professional development and training for teachers, administrators and students, and a variety of additional value-added services.

| access-date = 14 January 2011}}{{Cite web

|title=Notebook Initiative Mobilizes Student Imaginations

|work=Case Studies

|publisher=Dell

|url=http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/casestudies/627_K12_CS_Henrico.pdf

|quote=... the division wanted students to become familiar with the more widely used Microsoft Windows operating system that [made] up 90 percent of the industry [at that time]. "We recognize that giving our students experience in both platforms makes them more competitive in the job market," Lloyd Brown, director of technology, says.

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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009011521/http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/casestudies/627_K12_CS_Henrico.pdf

|archive-date=9 October 2012

}} Middle school students received Dell units at the beginning of the 2010–11 school year. In 2018, the school division partnered with Microsoft and Dell to bring Windows 10 and Dell Chromebooks to students.

Response to the laptop program has been mainly positive.{{Cite web

| title = Study: Laptop Learning Improving

| work = Entertainment

| publisher = Richmond.com

| date = 10 July 2008

| url = http://www2.richmond.com/entertainment/2008/jul/10/study-laptop-learning-improving-ar-599566/

| quote = Two years into a comprehensive three-year study of the laptop initiative in Henrico County Public Schools, findings show that students are engaging in more technology-based problem-solving, research, teamwork and communication-based projects that reflect 21st century learning skills, according to the study's chief researcher.

| access-date = 14 January 2011

| archive-date = 1 February 2013

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Two local educators associated with Henrico County Public Schools became notable for contributions to the development of educational programs for African-American students in the late 19th and early to mid-20th Century.

Virginia Randolph (1874–1958) became notable for her many years and contributions to the development of educational programs for African-American students during the days of segregated schools in Virginia. Educated at Richmond's Armstrong High School, in 1892, Randolph opened the Mountain Road School in the north-central part of the county. As a teacher there, she taught her students woodworking, sewing, cooking and gardening, as well as academics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.infoplease.com/people/virginia-randolph|title=Virginia Randolph Biography|website=InfoPlease|access-date=Jan 10, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102023945/https://www.infoplease.com/biographies/society-culture/virginia-randolph|url-status=live}} In 1908, Henrico County Superintendent of Schools Jackson Davis named her to become the United States' first "Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher".

As the supervisor of 20 three elementary schools in Henrico County, Virginia Randolph developed the first in-service training program for African American teachers and worked on improving the curriculum of the schools. With the freedom to design her own agenda, she shaped industrial work and community self-help programs to meet specific needs of schools.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2011/Virginia_E_Randoplh_a_teaching_pioneer|title=African American Registry: Virginia E. Randolph, a teaching pioneer!|access-date=Jan 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201202425/http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/2011/Virginia_E_Randoplh_a_teaching_pioneer|archive-date=December 1, 2007|url-status=dead}} During her 57-year career, although she remained at work in Henrico County, she became recognized worldwide as a pioneering educator, humanitarian and leader, especially in the field of vocational education. She retired in 1949.{{cite web |title=Virginia E. Randolph|url=https://henrico.us/history/historical-figures/virginia-e-randolph/ |website=Henrico County Government|accessdate=August 11, 2023}}

In Glen Allen, the Virginia Randolph Home Economics Cottage was made into a museum in memory of Randolph in 1970. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission designated the museum a State Historic Landmark. In 1976 the museum was named a National Historic Landmark by the United States Department of Interior, National Park Service.{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1500&ResourceType=Building|title=Virginia Randolph Cottage|access-date=2011-01-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019065000/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1500&ResourceType=Building|archive-date=2014-10-19|url-status=dead}}{{Citation |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Virginia E. Randolph Museum - Virginia Cardwell Cottage / Home Economics Cottage|url={{NHLS url|id=74002126}} |format=pdf|date=July 31, 1974 |author=James Sheire |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NHLS url|id=74002126|title=Accompanying one photo, undated (plus an unrelated photo of Poe Shrine, "oldest house" in Richmond, Virginia)|photos=y}} {{small|(32 KB)}} Randolph reportedly had an office in the building. Her grave site is on the grounds. Randolph is interred on the museum grounds. In modern times, the Academy at Virginia Randolph in Glen Allen, Virginia and a special education center are each named in her honor.{{Cite web|url=https://avr.henricoschools.us|title=Academy at Virginia Randolph|access-date=August 11, 2023}} The Virginia Randolph Foundation, formed in 1954, annually awards scholarships to Henrico County high school students who will be attending a four-year college or university.{{Cite web|url=http://www.varfoundation.org/index.html|title=The Virginia Randolph Foundation, Inc.|website=varfoundation.org|access-date=Jan 10, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171451/http://www.varfoundation.org/index.html|url-status=live}} {{further|Virginia Randolph}}

Jackson T. Davis (1882–1947), a Richmonder, was graduate of the College of William and Mary and Columbia University. He headed school divisions in Williamsburg and Marion before coming to Henrico as division superintendent in 1905. After his tenure at HCPS, Davis became state agent for African American rural schools for the Virginia State Department of Education from 1910 to 1915. He went on to also become an internationally known leader in his field.[http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/collections/jdavis/ UVa Special Collections Library: Jackson Davis Collection] Henrico County's Jackson Davis Elementary School, dedicated in 1964, was named for him. His collection of photographs of Virginia's negro school facilities of the era is notable among many items of his career which were donated to the University of Virginia and are among the special collections there.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/archweek/2003/piedmont/UVA_school.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511162756/http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwedo/archweek/2003/piedmont/UVA_school.htm|url-status=dead|title=Interior of one-room school|archive-date=May 11, 2008|access-date=Jan 10, 2020}} {{further|Jackson Davis (education official)}}

• In 2022, Henrico County Public Schools was named one of the "Best Communities for Music Education in America," earning this designation for the 22nd year in a row.{{cite web |title=Sustained note: For 22nd straight year, HCPS among nation's best places for music education |url=https://henricoschools.us/2021/04/20/sustained-note-for-22nd-straight-year-hcps-among-nations-best-places-for-music-education/ |website=Henrico County Public Schools}}
• Henrico County Public Schools named National School Library Program of the Year for 2011.(AASL){{Cite web |last=Anonymous |date=2011-06-14 |title=Nation's top school libraries shatter traditional stereotypes |url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2011/06/nation%E2%80%99s-top-school-libraries-shatter-traditional-stereotypes |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=News and Press Center |language=en}}

Henrico County is divided into five magisterial districts, each represented by a member of the Henrico School Board. The list of magisterial districts:{{Cite web

|title=HCPS Magisterial Districts

|work=Schools

|publisher=Henrico County Public Schools

|url=https://www.henricoschools.us/page/school-board

|access-date=August 11, 2023

}}

• Brookland District
• Fairfield District
• Three Chopt District
• Tuckahoe District
• Varina District

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