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Enrollment
823
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000328
Falling Creek Elementary
4800 Hopkins Rd., Richmond, VA 23234 · (804) 743-3630 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL823 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
638 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 | 44 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (121).
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
48.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Falling Creek Elementary
Falling Creek Elementary's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falling Creek Elementary this school | 823 | 77.5% | 45.0% |
| Hopkins Road Elementary North Chesterfield | 776 | 76.7% | 54.6% |
| Triangle Elementary Triangle | 795 | 70.8% | 55.1% |
| Groveton Elementary Alexandria | 764 | 83.6% | 49.5% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
| Herndon Elementary Herndon | 792 | 74.4% | 41.5% |
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 Falling Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,029 of 1,101 | #37 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,054 of 1,111 ▼ 34 | #39 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,025 of 1,111 ▲ 17 | #37 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 823 | #73 of 1,176 | #10 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #58 of 1,105 | #3 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #691 of 1,106 | #34 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #522 of 1,157 | #5 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #223 of 324 | #14 of 17 |
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
823
+57 (+7%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 823 | 76.6 | 10.7:1 | 78% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 66 | 12.1:1 | 78% (620) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 62 | 13.5:1 | 81% (678) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 63 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 81% (640) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 76% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 74% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 45 | 11.6:1 | 56% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 35 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falling Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (790 to 823); teachers up 56% (49 to 76.6).
About Falling Creek Elementary
Falling Creek Elementary is an elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, reachable at (804) 743-3630. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 823 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499, so this school runs 65% above that.
Besides Falling Creek Elementary, Chesterfield County Public Schools runs 64 other schools. The district enrolls 64,194 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Falling Creek Elementary, with 61% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% Black and 7% White. The school's Hispanic share is 49 points above the 12% share among Chesterfield County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.7:1, with 76.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Falling Creek Elementary is 78%. It compares with 54% for public schools in Chesterfield County.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Falling Creek Elementary is 67.0%. It actually posts 45.0%, which is 22.0 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Chesterfield County has about 377,869 residents, and the median household income is $101,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Besides Falling Creek Elementary, Chesterfield County has 75 other public schools.
Falling Creek Middle is located less than a tenth of a mile from Falling Creek Elementary. The five-mile area around Falling Creek Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Falling Creek Elementary ranks 7th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Falling Creek Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Falling Creek Elementary grew 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 766 to 823 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.2:1 to 10.7:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Falling Creek Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Nearby schools
- Falling Creek Middle0.1 mi · 1,443
- Bensley Elementary0.2 mi · 615
- Thomas C. Boushall Middle1.2 mi · 621
- J.G. Hening Elementary1.3 mi · 877
- Hopkins Road Elementary1.4 mi · 776
- Broad Rock Elementary1.5 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Falling Creek ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Falling Creek Elementary?
Falling Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 823 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Falling Creek Elementary serve?
Falling Creek Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Falling Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Falling Creek Elementary is approximately 10.7:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Falling Creek Elementary?
At Falling Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 7% White, 61% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Falling Creek Elementary?
Falling Creek Elementary is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
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