C.E. Curtis Elementary

C.E. Curtis Elementary is an elementary school of expansive scale in Chester, Virginia, one of the schools within Chesterfield County Public Schools, caters to 767 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so C.E. Curtis Elementary sits 54% above that benchmark.

Chesterfield County Public Schools comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 64,194 students; C.E. Curtis Elementary is among them.

On demographics, C.E. Curtis Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 25% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, C.E. Curtis Elementary has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chesterfield County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, C.E. Curtis Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chesterfield County put the typical household earns roughly $101,931 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chesterfield County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students), of which C.E. Curtis Elementary is one.

Thomas Dale High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, C.E. Curtis Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. C.E. Curtis Elementary's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 696 (now 767). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 7% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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