The average number of kids in a Richmond classroom is lower than traditional notions, but most city elementary schools try for 14-1 pupil teacher classes for kintergarten to third grade and most use at least a few rooms for special education, where pupil-teacher ratios are even lower. School officials say classrooms are more crowded than critics think. Students/

Elementary schools    Students   Classrooms   classroom

Bellevue 301 2214

Blackwell (and annex) 623 5212
Broad Rock 343 1819
Carver 504 4212
John B. Cary 312 2016
Chimborazo 535 3217
Clark Springs 207 2010
Fairfield Court 442 2716
Fisher 390 1624
Francis 509 2719
Fox 461 1727
George Mason 407 2914
Ginter Park (and annex) 530 4312
Greene 454 2320
Holton 502 3216
Maymont 206 1811
Miles Jones 551 3217
Munford 519 2422
Oak Grove (& annex) 404 2914
Overby-Sheppard 364 2515
Redd 466 2122
Reid 541 3814
Southampton 423 2915
Stuart 359 2514
Summer Hill (& annex) 499 2619
Swansboro 332 1720
Westover Hills 376 2118
Woodville 573 3118
Middle schools

Binford 486 2718

Boushall 472 4211
Brown 682 2626
Chandler 363 3211
Elkhardt 491 2619
Henderson 552 4413
Hill 481 3016
King 615 67 9
Thompson 598 3517
High schools

Armstrong 1,129 5321

Huguenot 1,308 5026
Jefferson 846 5715
Marshall 945 4621
Open 168 821
Community 228 2011
Wythe 1,125 5023
Total 22,2321,333