Echo Lake Elementary

Located at 5200 Francistown Rd, in Glen Allen, Virginia, Echo Lake Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus that teaches 506 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Henrico County Public Schools.

Henrico County Public Schools runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 51,044 students. Echo Lake Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Echo Lake Elementary shows that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Echo Lake Elementary has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Echo Lake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 29% of students at Echo Lake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Henrico County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Echo Lake Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 80.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Henrico County shows median household earnings sit near $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Echo Lake Elementary is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students).

Nearest neighbor: Glen Allen High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Echo Lake Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Echo Lake Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 576 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.