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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ELKO MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 935 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189002757
Elko Middle
5901 Elko Road, Sandston, VA 23150 · (804) 328-4110 · Henrico County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
620 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 242 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 228 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%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
55.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
42.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Elko Middle
Elko Middle's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elko Middle this school | 695 | 89.2% | 49.8% |
| Bayside Middle Virginia Beach | 628 | 96.3% | 63.4% |
| O. Trent Bonner Middle Danville | 501 | 86.2% | 57.0% |
| Homer L. Hines Middle Newport News | 846 | 97.3% | 58.1% |
| Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle Roanoke | 540 | 97.2% | 36.3% |
| Westwood Middle Danville | 642 | 92.2% | 55.0% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Elko Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #315 of 337 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #324 of 342 ▼ 14 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #311 of 342 no change | #9 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #186 of 343 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #152 of 327 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #183 of 333 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #93 of 340 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #54 of 224 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
695
-103 (-13%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 909
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 695 | 53.6 | 13.0:1 | 89% (620) |
| 2023-24 | 705 | 53 | 13.3:1 | 92% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 54.5 | 13.4:1 | 89% (650) |
| 2020-21 | 798 | 49 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 844 | 58.9 | 14.3:1 | 65% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 912 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 55% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 909 | 47 | 19.3:1 | 52% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elko Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (844 to 695); teachers down 9% (58.9 to 53.6).
About Elko Middle
Elko Middle is a middle-grades school in Sandston, Virginia, and it is part of Henrico County Public Schools. A federal count lists 695 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Henrico County Public Schools oversees Elko Middle and 68 other schools, with 51,044 students in total.
At Elko Middle, Black students make up 60% of the student body. The remaining shares are 18% White, 16% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Henrico County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 53.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Elko Middle was 13.0:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia fairly closely. Elko Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 89%. For comparison, public schools in Henrico County average 67%.
A school with Elko Middle's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 63.8%. Elko Middle scores 49.8%, 14.0 points below that line.
Elko Middle is located in Henrico County, where 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. Elko Middle is one of 84 public schools in the county.
Quinton Elementary is the public school closest to Elko Middle, about 3.5 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Elko Middle's average proficiency of 49.8% compares with 58.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, Elko Middle's enrollment dropped 13%, to 695. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.3:1 to 13.0:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Elko Middle. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Sandston
- Cashell Donahoe ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Seven Pines ElementaryElementary · 399 students
- Sandston ElementaryElementary · 201 students
Nearby schools
- Quinton Elementary3.5 mi · 559
- Seven Pines Elementary4.1 mi · 399
- Cashell Donahoe Elementary4.1 mi · 526
- Sandston Elementary4.6 mi · 201
- Fair Oaks Elementary5.3 mi · 330
- Highland Springs High5.5 mi · 1,928
Frequently asked questions
About Elko MiddleHow many students attend Elko Middle?
Elko Middle enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Elko Middle serve?
Elko Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Elko Middle have?
Elko Middle employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Elko Middle?
Student demographics at Elko Middle are roughly 18% White, 16% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elko Middle public or private?
Elko Middle 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.