Education Data for Petersburg

 
School Enrollment Petersburg Richmond Virginia

Enrollment status
Total Population 3 years and over 32,341 189,932 6,801,149
Not enrolled in school 74.67% 71.54% 72.53%
Enrolled in school 25.33% 28.46% 27.47%

Grade Level
Total Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 8,191 54,048 1,868,101
Nursery school, preschool 5.15% 6.31% 6.73%
Kindergarten 4.68% 4.83% 5.41%
Grades 1 to 4 24.62% 19.73% 21.86%
Grades 5 to 8 25.28% 17.45% 21.31%
Grades 9 to 12 23.32% 16.32% 20.56%
College, undergraduate 13.40% 28.16% 19.10%
Graduate or professional school 3.54% 7.20% 5.03%

Type of School
Total Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 8,191 54,048 1,868,101
Enrolled in Public School 90.90% 80.80% 83.84%
Enrolled in Private School 9.10% 19.20% 16.16%
 
Other Languages Petersburg Richmond Virginia
Total Households 13,795 84,566 2,700,335
Speaking English 92.35% 91.32% 87.25%

Other Languages
Linguistically Isolated 0.96% 1.61% 2.08%
Not Linguistically Isolated 6.69% 7.07% 10.67%
Total Linguistically Isolated 133 1,365 56,072
Spanish Linguistically Isolated 39.10% 63.15% 45.80%
Other Indo-European Language Linguistically Isolated 40.60% 18.02% 17.08%
Asian and Pacific Island LanguageLinguistically Isolated 20.30% 15.38% 31.51%
Other Language Linguistically Isolated 0.00% 3.44% 5.60%
 
Educational Attainment Petersburg Richmond Virginia
Total Population 25 years and over 22,289 128,555 4,666,574
No schooling completed 1.46% 1.27% 1.02%
Nursery through 12th, no diploma 29.90% 23.55% 17.51%
High school diploma or equivalent 30.32% 23.58% 25.98%
Some college, no degree 18.88% 18.84% 20.39%
Associate's degree 4.64% 3.31% 5.63%
Bachelor's degree 9.59% 18.63% 17.89%
Master's degree 3.53% 6.88% 8.03%
Professional school degree 1.11% 2.74% 2.29%
Doctorate degree 0.56% 1.20% 1.25%