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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189002953
David A. Kaechele Elementary
5680 Pouncey Tract Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059 · (804) 364-8080 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
54 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
66%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
90.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
91.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 91.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
90.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 David A. Kaechele Elementary
David A. Kaechele Elementary's state test result (90.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David A. Kaechele Elementary this school | 455 | 11.9% | 90.0% |
| Mill Run Elementary Ashburn | 636 | 10.5% | 92.4% |
| Shady Grove Elementary Glen Allen | 600 | 11.3% | 88.8% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Herndon | 628 | 8.3% | 88.7% |
| Hillside Elementary Ashburn | 656 | 16.6% | 86.9% |
| Greenbriar West Elementary Fairfax | 630 | 20.8% | 87.5% |
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 David A. Kaechele Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #54 of 1,101 | #3 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #90 of 1,111 ▼ 23 | #4 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #79 of 1,111 ▲ 24 | #6 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #690 of 1,176 | #31 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #560 of 1,105 | #14 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #356 of 1,106 | #19 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,098 of 1,157 | #42 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #184 of 324 | #9 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
455
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 455 | 32.5 | 14.0:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 13% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 13% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 22.5 | 19.1:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 20 | 22.5:1 | 3% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David A. Kaechele Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (429 to 455); teachers up 44% (22.5 to 32.5).
About David A. Kaechele Elementary
David A. Kaechele Elementary is an elementary school in Glen Allen, Virginia, and it is part of Henrico County Public Schools. It enrolled 455 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
David A. Kaechele Elementary is one of the 69 schools that make up Henrico County Public Schools (51,044 students in total).
David A. Kaechele Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at David A. Kaechele Elementary total 32.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.0:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. The school counts 54 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 12%. It compares with 67% for public schools in Henrico County.
The allk12 Grade for David A. Kaechele Elementary is A. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, David A. Kaechele Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 90.0% actual against 84.9% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Henrico County show that the median household income is $88,783, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. David A. Kaechele Elementary is one of 84 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from David A. Kaechele Elementary to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Shady Grove Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, David A. Kaechele Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at David A. Kaechele Elementary grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 437 to 455 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.5:1 to 14.0:1.
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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
- 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
- Shady Grove Elementary0.9 mi · 600
- Short Pump Middle2.1 mi · 1,056
- Deep Run High2.1 mi · 1,992
- Holman Middle2.2 mi · 862
- Twin Hickory Elementary2.2 mi · 516
- Colonial Trail Elementary2.4 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About David A. Kaechele ElementaryHow large is David A. Kaechele Elementary?
David A. Kaechele Elementary enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
Is David A. Kaechele Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
David A. Kaechele Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does David A. Kaechele Elementary have?
David A. Kaechele Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at David A. Kaechele Elementary?
At David A. Kaechele Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 37% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is David A. Kaechele Elementary public or private?
David A. Kaechele Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.