The Richmond School Board voted 6-1 Monday night to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School to Barack Obama Elementary School.
The school was the only Confederate-named school in the former capital of the Confederacy, and the name was changed following the deadly Charlottesville riots last summer, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
Ninety percent of the students at the school are black, and the decision to rename it was met with little opposition from the community.
Students at the school were able to vote on their top three choices from seven finalists, including names like Northside Elementary and Henry Marsh Elementary, after the first black mayor of Richmond.
Although the name Northside won among student voters, the administration recommended to the school board that the school be named after the first black president.
