Ecoff Elementary

As a high-enrollment elementary school in Chester, Virginia, Ecoff Elementary serves 764 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Chesterfield County Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 499.

Chesterfield County Public Schools comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 64,194 students; Ecoff Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ecoff Elementary records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Ecoff Elementary reports 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at Ecoff Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chesterfield County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ecoff Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 67.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chesterfield County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $101,931 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Ecoff Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Chesterfield County (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carver College and Career Academy, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ecoff Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ecoff Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ecoff Elementary has fell 4%, going from 796 students in 2018 to 764 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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