Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000793
Crestview Elementary
1901 Charles St, Richmond, VA 23226 · (804) 673-3775 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
346 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
67%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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Crestview Elementary
Crestview Elementary's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Elementary this school | 388 | 89.2% | 74.8% |
| Three Chopt Elementary Richmond | 306 | 90.2% | 79.3% |
| East Salem Elementary Salem | 378 | 88.1% | 72.9% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Westwood Hills Elementary Waynesboro | 382 | 94.5% | 67.6% |
| Pinchbeck Elementary Richmond | 538 | 90.3% | 70.3% |
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 Crestview Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #440 of 1,101 | #17 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #455 of 1,111 ▼ 25 | #14 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #454 of 1,111 ▼ 189 | #17 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #840 of 1,176 | #39 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #418 of 1,105 | #9 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #335 of 1,106 | #17 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #351 of 1,157 | #20 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #677 of 759 | #23 of 26 |
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
388
+61 (+19%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 273
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 89% (346) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 94% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 90% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 21 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 43% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 44% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 52% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 24 | 12.6:1 | 52% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestview Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (399 to 388); teachers up 16% (25 to 29).
About Crestview Elementary
Crestview Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school, is located in Richmond, Virginia. Its 388 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 22% smaller than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Crestview Elementary is one school in Henrico County Public Schools, a system of 69 schools with 51,044 students.
Crestview Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 48%. The remaining students are 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 51% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Crestview Elementary comes in at 67%.
Teachers at Crestview Elementary total 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henrico County is 67%.
Crestview Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.8% is 11.0 points above the 63.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Henrico County show that median household income is about $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 84 public schools in Henrico County, with a combined enrollment of about 51,753.
The shortest distance from Crestview Elementary to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Charles M. Johnson Elementary. The five-mile area around Crestview Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 63.0%, lower than Crestview Elementary's 74.8%.
Crestview Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Crestview Elementary had 327 students in 2020-21 and 388 in 2024-25, a 19% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 13.4:1.
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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
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- 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 Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Other Crestview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Crestview Elementary. Crestview Elementary is the 15th largest of the 21.
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSpringfield, TN · 755 students
- Crestview ElementaryGreer, SC · 683 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 609 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 591 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 578 students
Nearby schools
- Charles M. Johnson Elementary0.9 mi · 423
- Three Chopt Elementary1.0 mi · 306
- Skipwith Elementary1.6 mi · 603
- Douglas S. Freeman High2.1 mi · 1,881
- Tuckahoe Elementary2.1 mi · 682
- Elizabeth Holladay Elementary2.1 mi · 859
Frequently asked questions
About Crestview ElementaryHow many students attend Crestview Elementary?
Crestview Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Crestview Elementary serve?
Crestview Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crestview Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crestview Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crestview Elementary?
At Crestview Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Crestview Elementary?
Crestview Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
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