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Alumni: what's one memory from Colonial Trail Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189002756
Colonial Trail Elementary
12101 Bacova Drive, Glen Allen, VA 23059 · (804) 364-0055 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
153 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (110).
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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
84.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 86.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Colonial Trail Elementary
Colonial Trail Elementary's state test result (84.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Trail Elementary this school | 710 | 21.5% | 84.0% |
| Cardinal Ridge Elementary Centreville | 834 | 18.9% | 85.1% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
| Creighton's Corner Elementary Ashburn | 824 | 19.9% | 83.4% |
| Powell Elementary Centreville | 872 | 21.7% | 83.8% |
| Rosa Lee Carter Elementary Ashburn | 792 | 13.6% | 87.1% |
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 Colonial Trail Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #204 of 1,101 | #11 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #281 of 1,111 ▲ 32 | #12 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #238 of 1,111 ▼ 6 | #11 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #179 of 1,176 | #3 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,072 of 1,105 | #45 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #460 of 1,106 | #27 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #1,016 of 1,157 | #38 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #255 of 324 | #16 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
710
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 22% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 39 | 17.8:1 | 20% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 666 | 38.5 | 17.3:1 | 18% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 36 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 36 | 19.1:1 | 10% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 32 | 19.4:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 35 | 19.3:1 | 5% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonial Trail Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (689 to 710); teachers up 8% (36 to 39).
About Colonial Trail Elementary
Colonial Trail Elementary is an elementary school located in Glen Allen, Virginia, in Henrico County. In all, 710 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 42% above the average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Henrico County Public Schools serves 51,044 students across 69 schools.
The largest group at Colonial Trail Elementary is Asian students, at 56%. Smaller groups are 15% White, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. County-wide, 9% of Henrico County residents are Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school had 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 18.2:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 22%. Among public schools in Henrico County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.
The model predicts 82.2% for a school in Virginia with Colonial Trail Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Colonial Trail Elementary posts 84.0%.
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 Colonial Trail Elementary.
Colonial Trail Elementary's nearest public school is Short Pump Middle (about 0.5 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Colonial Trail Elementary is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 713 students in 2020-21 and 710 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 19.8 in 2020-21 to 18.2 in 2024-25.
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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 Glen Allen
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Short Pump MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Holman MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Hungary Creek MiddleMiddle · 834 students
- Rivers Edge ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Short Pump Middle0.5 mi · 1,056
- Short Pump Elementary0.8 mi · 545
- Pocahontas Middle1.1 mi · 914
- Twin Hickory Elementary1.2 mi · 516
- Deep Run High1.3 mi · 1,992
- Nuckols Farm Elementary1.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Colonial Trail ElementaryHow many students attend Colonial Trail Elementary?
Colonial Trail Elementary enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-05.
Is Colonial Trail Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Colonial Trail Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Colonial Trail Elementary?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Colonial Trail Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Colonial Trail Elementary?
Student demographics at Colonial Trail Elementary are roughly 15% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 56% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Colonial Trail Elementary in?
Colonial Trail Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
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