Henrico School Board to release new enrollment data, discuss impacts of school redistricting at Oct. 9 meeting
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At a 2:30 p.m. work session Oct. 9, Henrico County Public Schools officials will present members of the Henrico School Board with updated student enrollment data for the 2025-2026 school year and discuss how the data relates to the board’s proposed school redistricting plan.
The proposed redistricting scenarios, which would impact 11 schools in the district, have referenced enrollment data from the 2024-2025 school year to illustrate the possible impacts of redistricting on each school’s total capacity and enrollment. The updated enrollment numbers will reflect each school’s population as collected on Sept. 30, 2025.
HCPS’ total student enrollment, which was 50,394 last year, is estimated to increase by only 45 students, according to HCPS projections. But each individual school’s enrollment may fluctuate more significantly.
According to several Tuckahoe Middle School staffers at the most recent school redistricting town hall, Tuckahoe has seen an increase of about 100 additional students this year – a figure that will not be confirmed until Thursday. Tuckahoe Middle is one of three middle schools that would be impacted by the redistricting plan, which if approved, would add 200 more students to Tuckahoe’s population in the fall of 2027.
Other redistricting scenarios aim to adjust capacity numbers in the fall of 2026. Student enrollment data in 2024 for J.R. Tucker and Douglas S. Freeman high schools indicated that both schools were overcrowded, while data for Henrico High School showed the building was significantly undercapacity.
At 4:30 p.m., the school board will also hold a public hearing on a resolution that would sell HCPS’ former Mount Vernon Adult Education Center, located at 7850 Carousel Lane, for $5 million to Middleburg Acquisition, LLC. About $3.6 million from the sale would be used to cover funding shortfalls for the replacement projects of R.C. Longan and Jackson Davis elementary schools.
Along with the resolution, the school board also is scheduled to vote to accept several grants from the Virginia Department of Education, including:
• $250,000 for school security camera upgrades at five elementary schools;
• $134,750 for the Community School and Family Advocate programs;
• $119,000 for school-based mental health services;
• about $48,000 for Individual Student Alternative Education Plan services.
Members of the public also have the opportunity to submit written comments to the school board’s online public forum.
Liana Hardy is the Citizen’s government and education reporter. Support her work and articles like this one by making a contribution to the Citizen.
