Cashell Donahoe Elementary

Cashell Donahoe Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Sandston, Virginia, one of the schools within Henrico County Public Schools, teacheing 526 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 69 schools in Henrico County Public Schools (51,044 students total), Cashell Donahoe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cashell Donahoe Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Cashell Donahoe Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at Cashell Donahoe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Henrico County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Cashell Donahoe Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.8%; actual is 49.5%, a gap of -14.3 points.

Across the wider county, Henrico County reports that median household earnings sit near $88,783, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Cashell Donahoe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sandston Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cashell Donahoe Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cashell Donahoe Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 526). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 18% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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