Member Schools
MERC’s collaborative effort involves the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University and eight Richmond area metropolitan school districts:
- Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Goochland County Public Schools
- Hanover County Public Schools
- Henrico County Public Schools
- Richmond City Public Schools
Member school divisions benefit from an organizational structure that enhances their capacity for a strong program of research by directly addressing issues and problems they face. The University benefits by fulfilling a broad range of research, evaluation, and public service objectives. The partners jointly benefit by positioning themselves to compete for grants which require a school division/university partnership and for evaluation projects in the schools as well as VCU.
Hanover Public Schools
High Schools: 4
Middle Schools: 4
Elementary Schools: 15
Teachers: 1412
Total Enrollment: 17,317
Superintendent: Dr. Michael Gill
Goochland Public Schools
High Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
Elementary Schools: 3
Teachers: 202
Total Enrollment: 2629
Superintendent: Dr. Jeremy Raley
Henrico Public Schools
High Schools: 9
Middle Schools: 12
Elementary Schools: 46
Teachers: 3995
Total Enrollment: 50182
Superintendent: Dr. Amy Cashwell
Richmond City Public Schools
High Schools: 7
Middle Schools: 7
Elementary Schools: 25
Teachers: 2100
Total Enrollment: 23500
Superintendent: Jason Kamras
Chesterfield County Public Schools
High Schools: 14
Middle Schools: 14
Elementary Schools: 39
Teachers: 5001
Total Enrollment: 65021
Superintendent: Dr. Merv Daugherty
