The district of Richmond County Public Schools serves a rural area located on the Northern Neck peninsula of eastern Virginia, north of the Rappahannock River.

"[15] Richmond County Public Schools had been fully accredited in 2017,[16] results consistent with the RCPS district's 2014–2015 report card on statewide benchmarks.

[19] Niche's 2022 website ranked the district as B− (above average) overall, based on student-teacher ratio of 16 to 1 and state test scores showing 86% of students proficient in math and 77% in reading.

"[21] Richmond County Public Schools invested in a remote learning "1-to-1 program" in 2020 so "every child in the eighth through 12th grade has a laptop at home".

[25] "But on June 18, the school board held a public hearing where a vast majority of citizens in attendance opposed tuition for nonresident students.

Their reasons included tradition — nonresident students have been attending Richmond County schools for 83 years without having to pay a dime, they argued — and additional revenue.

Even though the school board "proposed that families of non-resident students pay a fee of $588", the majority of citizens at the June meeting opposed that tuition recommendation.