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What's the most underrated thing about Cashell Donahoe Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000794
Cashell Donahoe Elementary
1801 Graves Rd, Sandston, VA 23150 · (804) 328-4035 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
469 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 61 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
46.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 64% 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 Cashell Donahoe Elementary
Cashell Donahoe Elementary's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cashell Donahoe Elementary this school | 526 | 89.2% | 49.5% |
| Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School Alexandria | 506 | 85.0% | 47.9% |
| Chamberlayne Elementary Richmond | 389 | 89.2% | 68.0% |
| Westside Elementary Roanoke | 624 | 98.9% | 42.0% |
| Camelot Elementary Chesapeake | 491 | 77.4% | 65.8% |
| Willis A. Jenkins Elementary Newport News | 507 | 100.0% | 53.5% |
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 Cashell Donahoe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #981 of 1,101 | #36 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,078 of 1,111 ▼ 117 | #38 of 45 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,047 of 1,111 ▼ 26 | #37 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #511 of 1,176 | #18 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #776 of 1,105 | #24 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #486 of 1,106 | #28 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #352 of 1,157 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #302 of 324 | #19 of 20 |
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
526
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 89% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 94% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 90% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 30 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 69% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 65% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 39% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cashell Donahoe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (521 to 526); teachers up 21% (29 to 35).
About Cashell Donahoe Elementary
Cashell Donahoe Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Sandston, Virginia. It has an enrollment of 526 students in pre-K through 5.
Henrico County Public Schools enrolls 51,044 students in 69 schools, including Cashell Donahoe Elementary.
The share of Black students at Cashell Donahoe Elementary is 54%, a majority. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 13% White, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 29% Black share among all Henrico County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 63%.
There are 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is lower. Of all students at Cashell Donahoe Elementary, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henrico County is 67%.
Cashell Donahoe Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.5%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia are predicted to post 63.8%, so the school is 14.3 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Henrico County show that the median household earns about $88,783 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Henrico County has 84 public schools with about 51,753 students, including Cashell Donahoe Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Cashell Donahoe Elementary is closest to Sandston Elementary, about 1.5 miles away. Cashell Donahoe Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Cashell Donahoe Elementary ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 49.5% versus a 50.5% average.
The NCES locale for Cashell Donahoe Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 515 in 2020-21 and 526 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.0 students per teacher, compared with 17.2 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Cashell Donahoe Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
Other schools in Sandston
- Elko MiddleMiddle · 695 students
- Seven Pines ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Sandston ElementaryElementary · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Sandston Elementary1.5 mi · 201
- Fair Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 330
- Seven Pines Elementary1.7 mi · 399
- Highland Springs High1.7 mi · 1,928
- An Achievable Dream Middle and High School Oak Avenue Comple1.7 mi · 129
- Highland Springs Elementary2.6 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Cashell Donahoe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cashell Donahoe Elementary?
Cashell Donahoe Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cashell Donahoe Elementary serve?
Cashell Donahoe Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cashell Donahoe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cashell Donahoe Elementary is approximately 15.0:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cashell Donahoe Elementary?
At Cashell Donahoe Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 24% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Cashell Donahoe Elementary?
Cashell Donahoe Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.