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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000316
Bensley Elementary
4724 Hopkins Road, North Chesterfield, VA 23234 · (804) 743-3610 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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
11.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
477 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
36%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
38.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Bensley Elementary
Bensley Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bensley Elementary this school | 615 | 77.6% | 38.6% |
| Marumsco Hills Elementary Woodbridge | 564 | 70.0% | 53.9% |
| Weems Elementary Manassas | 556 | 86.3% | 57.0% |
| Sudley Elementary Manassas | 623 | 71.1% | 58.3% |
| Jennie Dean Elementary Manassas | 579 | 89.1% | 49.8% |
| Richard C. Haydon Elementary Manassas | 556 | 87.1% | 56.7% |
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 Bensley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,070 of 1,101 | #39 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,026 of 1,111 ▲ 54 | #37 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,090 of 1,111 ▼ 12 | #39 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #328 of 1,176 | #31 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #81 of 1,105 | #5 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #948 of 1,106 | #40 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #521 of 1,157 | #4 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #267 of 759 | #8 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
615
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 615 | 55.6 | 11.1:1 | 78% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 45.8 | 12.7:1 | 76% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 49.8 | 11.7:1 | 81% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 60 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 52 | 14.1:1 | 87% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 85% (626) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 49 | 13.5:1 | 89% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 571 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 90% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bensley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (733 to 615); teachers up 7% (52 to 55.6).
About Bensley Elementary
In North Chesterfield, Virginia, Bensley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 615 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Chesterfield County Public Schools counts 64,194 students in its 65 schools, and Bensley Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students account for 78% of enrollment at Bensley Elementary. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 3% White, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 66 points above the 12% share among Chesterfield County residents. By the diversity index, Bensley Elementary comes in at 36%.
The school reported 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.1:1. The 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 78% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Chesterfield County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Bensley Elementary is F. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Bensley Elementary is a bottom-10% school in Virginia on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.6% against a predicted 67.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Chesterfield County show that median household income is about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bensley Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Chesterfield County, which together enroll about 64,194 students.
The closest other public school is Falling Creek Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 38.6% is below the 47.8% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Bensley Elementary saw enrollment fall 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- Falling Creek Middle0.1 mi · 1,443
- Falling Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 823
- Thomas C. Boushall Middle1.0 mi · 621
- Broad Rock Elementary1.3 mi · 612
- J.G. Hening Elementary1.4 mi · 877
- Hopkins Road Elementary1.6 mi · 776
Frequently asked questions
About Bensley ElementaryHow large is Bensley Elementary?
Bensley Elementary enrolls approximately 615 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bensley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bensley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bensley Elementary have?
Bensley Elementary employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bensley Elementary?
At Bensley Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 78% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bensley Elementary in?
Bensley Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.