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Does Ecoff Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084002177
Ecoff Elementary
5200 Ecoff Ave., Chester, VA 23831 · (804) 768-6185 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
585 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
72.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Ecoff Elementary
Ecoff Elementary's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecoff Elementary this school | 764 | 76.6% | 67.4% |
| B.M. Williams Primary Chesapeake | 825 | 74.2% | N/A |
| Western Branch Primary Chesapeake | 801 | 73.7% | N/A |
| Georgetown Primary Chesapeake | 804 | 72.6% | 60.0% |
| Crestwood Intermediate Chesapeake | 736 | 73.5% | 70.4% |
| C.C. Wells Elementary Chester | 606 | 77.1% | 66.8% |
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 Ecoff Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #665 of 1,101 | #21 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #591 of 1,111 ▼ 85 | #22 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #534 of 1,111 ▲ 139 | #19 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #118 of 1,176 | #15 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #677 of 1,105 | #29 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #225 of 1,106 | #8 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #550 of 1,157 | #18 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #636 of 759 | #16 of 21 |
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
764
+74 (+11%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 764 | 52.6 | 14.5:1 | 77% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 51.2 | 14.8:1 | 77% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 50.5 | 14.5:1 | 81% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 44 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 47.3 | 16.8:1 | 50% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 38% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | 36 | 21.1:1 | 27% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 14% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ecoff Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (796 to 764); teachers up 11% (47.3 to 52.6).
About Ecoff Elementary
In Chester, Virginia, Ecoff Elementary is a large elementary school. The latest federal count shows 764 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 53% higher.
Ecoff Elementary is a school in Chesterfield County Public Schools. The district has 65 schools and 64,194 students.
At Ecoff Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 41%. The remaining shares are 31% White, 17% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Chesterfield County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.5:1. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. The 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County is 23 points lower.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ecoff Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 67.4% against 67.3%.
Ecoff Elementary is located in Chesterfield County, where the median household income is $101,931, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ecoff Elementary is one of 76 public schools in the county.
Carver College and Career Academy is the public school closest to Ecoff Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.8%; Ecoff Elementary's is 67.4%, ranking 2nd of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Ecoff Elementary had 690 students, to 2024-25, when it had 764. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.7:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at Ecoff Elementary, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Chester
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Elizabeth Davis MiddleMiddle · 1,364 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 970 students
- C.E. Curtis ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Elizabeth Scott ElementaryElementary · 729 students
- Enon ElementaryElementary · 691 students
Nearby schools
- Carver College and Career Academy1.0 mi · 272
- Thomas Dale High1.4 mi · 2,582
- C.E. Curtis Elementary1.5 mi · 767
- C.C. Wells Elementary2.1 mi · 606
- Salem Church Elementary2.1 mi · 574
- Salem Church Middle2.1 mi · 876
Frequently asked questions
About Ecoff ElementaryHow many students attend Ecoff Elementary?
Ecoff Elementary enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ecoff Elementary serve?
Ecoff Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ecoff Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ecoff Elementary is approximately 14.5:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ecoff Elementary?
At Ecoff Elementary, the student body is approximately 31% White, 17% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Ecoff Elementary public or private?
Ecoff Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.