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What's one thing Ettrick Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000327
Ettrick Elementary
20910 Chesterfield Ave., Ettrick, VA 23803 · (804) 520-6005 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
421 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
54%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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +9.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 9 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Ettrick Elementary
Ettrick Elementary's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ettrick Elementary this school | 560 | 75.2% | 65.4% |
| Southwestern Elementary Chesapeake | 549 | 74.1% | 72.4% |
| Elephant's Fork Elementary Suffolk | 653 | 69.1% | 55.8% |
| Mack Benn Jr. Elementary Suffolk | 713 | 69.3% | 59.1% |
| Harrowgate Elementary Chester | 486 | 76.1% | 57.8% |
| Hillpoint Elementary Suffolk | 780 | 69.2% | 59.9% |
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 Ettrick Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #719 of 1,101 | #27 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #559 of 1,111 ▲ 235 | #19 of 40 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #671 of 1,111 ▲ 204 | #25 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #444 of 1,176 | #36 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #355 of 1,105 | #16 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #689 of 1,106 | #33 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #577 of 1,157 | #27 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #632 of 759 | #15 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
560
+68 (+14%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 730
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 560 | 43 | 13.0:1 | 75% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 514 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 76% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 43 | 11.6:1 | 81% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 41.9 | 13.9:1 | 67% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 66% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 63% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 63% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 730 | 40 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ettrick Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (584 to 560); teachers up 3% (41.9 to 43).
About Ettrick Elementary
Ettrick Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Ettrick, Virginia. Its enrollment is 560 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Ettrick Elementary is part of a district of 65 schools: Chesterfield County Public Schools, with 64,194 students.
The student body at Ettrick Elementary is 64% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 23%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
There are 43 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ettrick Elementary, giving a ratio of 13.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. A total of 421 students, or 75%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ettrick Elementary is 2.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 65.4%. Predicted: 67.6%.
Chesterfield County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $101,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Chesterfield County's 76 public schools enroll about 64,194 students and include Ettrick Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Colonial Heights Middle is about 1.7 miles from Ettrick Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ettrick Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Ettrick Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 68 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.1 to 13.0 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Ettrick Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Ettrick Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ettrick Elementary. Ettrick Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Ettrick ElementaryEttrick, WI · 124 students
Nearby schools
- Colonial Heights Middle1.7 mi · 700
- Pleasants Lane Elementary1.7 mi · 493
- Westview Early Childhood Education Center1.8 mi · 418
- Lakeview Elementary2.1 mi · 422
- Cool Spring Elementary2.3 mi · 540
- Matoaca Elementary2.7 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Ettrick ElementaryHow many students attend Ettrick Elementary?
Ettrick Elementary enrolls approximately 560 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ettrick Elementary serve?
Ettrick Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ettrick Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ettrick Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ettrick Elementary?
At Ettrick Elementary, the student body is approximately 19% White, 11% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Ettrick Elementary?
Ettrick Elementary is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.