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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000315
Bellwood Elementary
9536 Dawnshire Rd, North Chesterfield, VA 23237 · (804) 743-3600 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
378 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
35.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
41.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bellwood Elementary
Bellwood Elementary's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood Elementary this school | 493 | 76.7% | 37.4% |
| Dumfries Elementary Dumfries | 441 | 71.9% | 61.5% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
| Washington Mill Elementary Alexandria | 592 | 78.9% | 61.5% |
| Minnieville Elementary Woodbridge | 584 | 70.5% | 78.3% |
| Hopkins Road Elementary North Chesterfield | 776 | 76.7% | 54.6% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bellwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,076 of 1,101 | #40 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,083 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #40 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,103 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #40 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #601 of 1,176 | #38 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #113 of 1,105 | #7 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #521 of 1,106 | #23 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #546 of 1,157 | #17 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #469 of 759 | #11 of 21 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
-72 (-13%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 493 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 77% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 78% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 82% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 45 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 42.1 | 12.9:1 | 79% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 75% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 74% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 58% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (545 to 493); teachers up 2% (42.1 to 43).
About Bellwood Elementary
Bellwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in North Chesterfield, Virginia, one of the schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 493 students.
Chesterfield County Public Schools counts 65 schools and 64,194 students, including Bellwood Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Bellwood Elementary. Other groups make up 32% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Chesterfield County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Bellwood Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Bellwood Elementary is 43 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 11.5:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The school counts 378 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 77%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County.
Bellwood Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bellwood Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools: 37.4% actual against 67.2% predicted.
Within Chesterfield County, median household income is about $101,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 76 public schools in Chesterfield County, with a combined enrollment of about 64,194.
The school nearest to Bellwood Elementary is Thomas Dale High, at a distance of about 2.0 miles. Within five miles of Bellwood Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.6%; Bellwood Elementary's is 37.4%, ranking 8th of 8.
The federal government classifies Bellwood Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 565 to 493. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.6:1 to 11.5:1.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in North Chesterfield
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
- Falling Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,443 students
- Manchester MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Providence MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
- Beulah ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- J.G. Hening ElementaryElementary · 877 students
Other Bellwood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bellwood Elementary. Bellwood Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- BELLWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLWOOD, NE · 78 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Dale High2.0 mi · 2,582
- C.E. Curtis Elementary2.1 mi · 767
- Ecoff Elementary2.4 mi · 764
- Salem Church Elementary2.4 mi · 574
- Salem Church Middle2.6 mi · 876
- Lloyd C. Bird High3.0 mi · 2,131
Frequently asked questions
About Bellwood ElementaryHow large is Bellwood Elementary?
Bellwood Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bellwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bellwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bellwood Elementary have?
Bellwood Elementary employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bellwood Elementary?
At Bellwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 11% White, 52% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bellwood Elementary in?
Bellwood Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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