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Glen Allen Elementary

11101 Mill Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060 · (804) 756-3040 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Virginia public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools

Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
133 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K51%
Kindergarten8515%
Grade 19116%
Grade 28114%
Grade 39416%
Grade 411720%
Grade 510518%

This year's kindergarten class (85) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).

Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
30252%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 43% · US 43%
Hispanic
437%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 20% · US 30%
Black
8415%
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
10919%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 8% · US 6%
Two+
366%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
29451%
Female
28449%

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Test scores

SOL 2024-25 . % Passing
English Language Arts
80.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
85.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.

SOL results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2580.0%85.0%
2023-2484.0%86.0%
2022-2385.0%85.0%
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
82.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Glen Allen Elementary

Glen Allen Elementary's state test result (82.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Glen Allen Elementary this school57823.0%82.7%
Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
Reston
72622.9%84.5%
Arlington Science Focus School
Arlington
63216.5%88.6%
Cub Run Elementary
Centreville
62023.9%74.5%
Glenkirk Elementary
Gainesville
55418.2%89.8%
John W. Tolbert Jr. Elementary
Leesburg
61726.7%84.9%
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 Glen Allen Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn VirginiaIn Henrico County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
82.7%#236 of 1,101#12 of 45
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
85.0%#250 of 1,111
▼ 67
#11 of 45
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
80.0%#324 of 1,111
▼ 126
#14 of 45
▼ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
578#407 of 1,176#13 of 46
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.6:1#873 of 1,105#29 of 46
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
66.1%#367 of 1,106#20 of 46
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
23.0%#999 of 1,157#37 of 46
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-11.9%#382 of 759#14 of 26
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 2024-25
Enrollment
578
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255783715.6:123% (133)
2023-245753616.0:121% (122)
2022-235823715.7:125% (148)
2020-215893417.3:1N/A
2017-1865632.520.2:114% (91)
2015-166803420.0:113% (86)
2010-115532919.1:110% (58)
2000-015763218.0:15% (27)
1990-916203020.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glen Allen Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 12% (656 to 578); teachers up 14% (32.5 to 37).

About Glen Allen Elementary

Glen Allen Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Glen Allen, Virginia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 578 students in 2024-25.

Enrollment across the 69 schools in Henrico County Public Schools totals 51,044 students.

More than half of the students at Glen Allen Elementary are White (52%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Asian, 15% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Henrico County, where about 51% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.

Glen Allen Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1, with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. The school has 23% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Henrico County average 67%.

Glen Allen Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Virginia public elementary schools.

On BeatsExpectations, Glen Allen Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.

For the population of Henrico County, the median household earns about $88,783 a year, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Glen Allen Elementary shares Henrico County with 83 other public schools.

Glen Allen High is about 1.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 70.6% on proficiency, and Glen Allen Elementary is above that at 82.7%.

Under the NCES locale system, Glen Allen Elementary is Suburb: Large.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 589 in 2020-21 and 578 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.3:1 to 15.6:1.

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Henrico County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Glen Allen Elementary
District
Henrico County Public Schools
Address
11101 Mill Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Phone
(804) 756-3040
County
Henrico County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
578
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student–teacher ratio
15.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
133 (23%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
510189000801
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Glen Allen Elementary
How large is Glen Allen Elementary?
Glen Allen Elementary enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
Is Glen Allen Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Glen Allen Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Glen Allen Elementary have?
Glen Allen Elementary employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Glen Allen Elementary?
Student demographics at Glen Allen Elementary are roughly 52% White, 7% Hispanic, 15% Black, 19% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Glen Allen Elementary in?
Glen Allen Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
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