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Section 6 · Schools

How to check schools for any Richmond address.

Verified 2026-11-07 · Miles Agee, Real Estate Advisor

The short answer

Schools near Richmond are assigned by exact address, and each of the five divisions runs its own lookup tool. Check the address with the division before you sign, then read that school's Virginia School Quality Profile. Rankings sites summarize; the state publishes the data itself.

The mistake is trusting the school field on a listing. It's typed in by hand and boundaries change.

School assignment follows your exact street address, and the line can split a single neighborhood. Before you sign a contract, look up the address with the division itself. A listing's school field can be wrong or out of date.

Look up any address

Richmond Public Schools: School Locator →Henrico County Public Schools: School Assignment Locator →A guide, not an official assignment. Confirm with the Boundaries team.Chesterfield County Public Schools: Find My School →Hanover County Public Schools: attendance zones →Goochland County Public Schools: registration →The division's mapping tool shows elementary boundaries. Call the main office to confirm.

Read the state's own data

The Virginia Department of Education publishes a School Quality Profile for every public school: test results, attendance, and more. Read the source yourself and decide what matters to you.

VDOE School Quality Profiles →

Since 2024 to 2025, Virginia also rates schools on a 100-point scale with four bands: Distinguished (90 and up), Meets Expectations (80 to 89), Approaching Expectations (65 to 79), and Needs Intensive Support (below 65). The profile for each school shows where it lands.

Application windows for fall 2027

  • Richmond Public Schools open enrollment: Oct 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2027.
  • Maggie L. Walker Governor's School through Richmond Public Schools: Oct 1 to Dec 4, 2026.
  • Chesterfield specialty centers and governor's schools: Oct 1 to Dec 4.

Questions people ask

How do I find which school an address is zoned for near Richmond?

Use the division's own tool: Richmond Public Schools' School Locator, Henrico's School Assignment Locator, Chesterfield's Find My School, or Hanover's attendance zone maps. Goochland confirms by phone.

Where can I see test scores for Virginia schools?

The Virginia Department of Education's School Quality Profiles at schoolquality.virginia.gov publish results for every public school.

Sources

  1. Richmond Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07
  2. Henrico County Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07
  3. Chesterfield County Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07
  4. Hanover County Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07
  5. Goochland County Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07
  6. Virginia Department of Education · checked 2026-11-07
  7. Virginia Department of Education · checked 2026-11-07
  8. Maggie L. Walker Governor's School · checked 2026-11-07
  9. Chesterfield County Public Schools · checked 2026-11-07

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General information, not legal, tax, or lending advice. Every figure is linked to its source and was checked on the date shown; rates change, so confirm with the locality before you rely on one. Schools: verify with the school division. Miles Agee is a Real Estate Advisor licensed in Virginia (Lic # 0225249973), on the OneSouth Realty team at Samson Properties. MAMS does not steer clients by race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, disability, or any other protected class.