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Echo Lake Elementary

5200 Francistown Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060 · (804) 527-4672 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
145 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K214%
Kindergarten8016%
Grade 17715%
Grade 27114%
Grade 38016%
Grade 49318%
Grade 58417%

This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).

Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
22845%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
4910%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
377%
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
14128%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
4910%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
26653%
Female
24047%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.

SOL results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2588.0%87.0%
2023-2488.0%85.0%
2022-2386.0%89.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Echo Lake Elementary

Echo Lake Elementary's state test result (85.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Echo Lake Elementary this school50628.7%85.7%
Newton-Lee Elementary
Ashburg
50522.6%82.0%
Short Pump Elementary
Richmond
54518.5%84.8%
Hollymead Elementary
Charlottesville
45222.3%85.6%
Ashburn Elementary
Ashburn
51323.2%86.9%
Cedar Lane Elementary
Ashburn
70122.8%85.9%
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 Echo Lake Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn VirginiaIn Henrico County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
85.7%#149 of 1,101#8 of 45
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
87.0%#197 of 1,111
▲ 21
#9 of 45
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
88.0%#123 of 1,111
▼ 21
#8 of 45
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
506#563 of 1,176#23 of 46
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.6:1#867 of 1,105#28 of 46
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
69.5%#243 of 1,106#12 of 46
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
28.7%#951 of 1,157#35 of 46
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.2%#368 of 759#13 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 2024-25
Enrollment
506
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2550632.515.6:129% (145)
2023-245303316.1:134% (178)
2022-235283316.0:132% (171)
2020-215033116.2:1N/A
2017-1857632.517.7:123% (130)
2015-166153318.6:117% (106)
2010-116373319.3:18% (54)
2000-014672916.1:14% (18)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Echo Lake Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (576 to 506); teachers unchanged (32.5 to 32.5).

About Echo Lake Elementary

Echo Lake Elementary is one of the public schools in Glen Allen, Virginia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 506 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.

Besides Echo Lake Elementary, Henrico County Public Schools runs 68 other schools. The district enrolls 51,044 students.

About 45% of students at Echo Lake Elementary are White, the largest single group. The school is also 28% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.

Based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Echo Lake Elementary has a ratio of 15.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia, 13.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Henrico County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.

On BeatsExpectations, Echo Lake Elementary is 5.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.

In Henrico County, home to about 335,744 people, the median household earns about $88,783 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Echo Lake Elementary shares Henrico County with 83 other public schools.

Glen Allen High is about 0.6 miles from Echo Lake Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Echo Lake Elementary is 2nd among 9 schools close by.

In the federal locale system, Echo Lake Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Echo Lake Elementary had 503 students in 2020-21 and 506 in 2024-25, nearly the same.

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Henrico County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Echo Lake Elementary
District
Henrico County Public Schools
Address
5200 Francistown Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone
(804) 527-4672
County
Henrico County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
506
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
15.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
145 (29%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
510189001912
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
Other schools in Glen Allen
Other Echo Lake Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Echo Lake Elementary. Echo Lake Elementary is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Echo Lake Elementary
What is the total enrollment at Echo Lake Elementary?
Echo Lake Elementary enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Echo Lake Elementary serve?
Echo Lake Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Echo Lake Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Echo Lake Elementary.
How diverse is Echo Lake Elementary?
Echo Lake Elementary reports a student body of 45% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 28% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Echo Lake Elementary?
Echo Lake Elementary is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
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