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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Harrowgate Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000332
Harrowgate Elementary
4000 Cougar Trail, Chester, VA 23831 · (804) 520-6015 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
370 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%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
60.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 Harrowgate Elementary
Harrowgate Elementary's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrowgate Elementary this school | 486 | 76.1% | 57.8% |
| G.A. Treakle Elementary Chesapeake | 440 | 72.3% | 77.9% |
| Sparrow Road Intermediate Chesapeake | 413 | 72.9% | 57.5% |
| Camelot Elementary Chesapeake | 491 | 77.4% | 65.8% |
| Jefferson-Houston PK-8 School Alexandria | 506 | 85.0% | 47.9% |
| Ettrick Elementary Ettrick | 560 | 75.2% | 65.4% |
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 Harrowgate Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #872 of 1,101 | #31 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #955 of 1,111 ▼ 107 | #34 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #842 of 1,111 ▼ 84 | #30 of 40 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #616 of 1,176 | #40 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #306 of 1,105 | #14 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #446 of 1,106 | #19 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.1% | #560 of 1,157 | #23 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #210 of 759 | #6 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
486
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 486 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 76% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 78% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 79% (352) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 39 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 597 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 71% (423) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 64% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 63% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 569 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 56% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 783 | 45 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrowgate Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (597 to 486); teachers unchanged (38 to 38).
About Harrowgate Elementary
As a medium-sized elementary school, Harrowgate Elementary serves students in Chester, Virginia. The student body numbers 486 students, from pre-K through 5.
Chesterfield County Public Schools is made up of 65 schools with 64,194 students in all.
Harrowgate Elementary is 52% Black by enrollment. Other students are 24% White, 18% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Chesterfield County residents are about 23% Black. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1 at Harrowgate Elementary, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 76% of enrollment. Across public schools in Chesterfield County, the average is 54%.
In Virginia, Harrowgate Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 57.8% actual against a predicted 67.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Chesterfield County, 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. In all, Chesterfield County has 76 public schools and roughly 64,194 students.
Carver Middle is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 65.2%, higher than Harrowgate Elementary's 57.8%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 478 to 486, a small change.
The Harrowgate Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 Chester
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Elizabeth Davis MiddleMiddle · 1,364 students
- Carver MiddleMiddle · 970 students
- C.E. Curtis ElementaryElementary · 767 students
- Ecoff ElementaryElementary · 764 students
- Elizabeth Scott ElementaryElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Middle0.1 mi · 970
- Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy0.5 mi · 326
- North Elementary2.4 mi · 311
- C.C. Wells Elementary2.4 mi · 606
- Matoaca High2.5 mi · 1,624
- Lakeview Elementary2.6 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Harrowgate ElementaryHow many students attend Harrowgate Elementary?
Harrowgate Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harrowgate Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harrowgate Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Harrowgate Elementary have?
Harrowgate Elementary employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrowgate Elementary?
At Harrowgate Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 52% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Harrowgate Elementary in?
Harrowgate Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.