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Alumni: what's one memory from Hopkins Road Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000333
Hopkins Road Elementary
6000 Hopkins Rd., North Chesterfield, VA 23234 · (804) 743-3665 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
595 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
60%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
54.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Hopkins Road Elementary
Hopkins Road Elementary's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins Road Elementary this school | 776 | 76.7% | 54.6% |
| J.A. Chalkley Elementary Chesterfield | 835 | 77.7% | 45.0% |
| Beulah Elementary North Chesterfield | 902 | 77.1% | 49.3% |
| Triangle Elementary Triangle | 795 | 70.8% | 55.1% |
| J.G. Hening Elementary North Chesterfield | 877 | 77.4% | 49.1% |
| Falling Creek Elementary Richmond | 823 | 77.5% | 45.0% |
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 Hopkins Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #922 of 1,101 | #33 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #942 of 1,111 ▼ 62 | #33 of 40 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #948 of 1,111 ▲ 13 | #33 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #108 of 1,176 | #13 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #400 of 1,105 | #18 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #571 of 1,106 | #29 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.7% | #545 of 1,157 | #16 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.0% | #34 of 324 | #3 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
776
+71 (+10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
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 | 776 | 58.4 | 13.3:1 | 77% (595) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 58.4 | 12.9:1 | 78% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 55.5 | 13.9:1 | 81% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 705 | 58 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 42.5 | 14.4:1 | 69% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 65% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 66% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 38% (179) |
| 1990-91 | 665 | 45 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hopkins Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (611 to 776); teachers up 38% (42.5 to 58.4).
About Hopkins Road Elementary
Hopkins Road Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school for students in North Chesterfield, Virginia. It had 776 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students, which makes this school 56% bigger than average.
Chesterfield County Public Schools (65 schools, 64,194 students) runs Hopkins Road Elementary.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at Hopkins Road Elementary, more than any other group. Other students are 39% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Chesterfield County residents are about 12% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
There are 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Of all students at Hopkins Road Elementary, 77% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Hopkins Road Elementary lands at D, ahead of 14% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hopkins Road Elementary would score about 67.2%. It scores 54.6%, 12.6 points below that figure.
In Chesterfield County, median household income comes to about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County counts 76 public schools with about 64,194 students.
Of the public schools around it, Hopkins Road Elementary is closest to Meadowbrook High, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hopkins Road Elementary ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Hopkins Road 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 in 2024-25 stood at 776, compared with 705 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.3:1, from 12.2:1.
The allk12 page for Hopkins Road Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 North Chesterfield
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
- Falling Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,443 students
- Manchester MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Providence MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
- Beulah ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- J.G. Hening ElementaryElementary · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowbrook High0.5 mi · 1,953
- J.G. Hening Elementary1.2 mi · 877
- Falling Creek Elementary1.4 mi · 823
- Falling Creek Middle1.5 mi · 1,443
- Bensley Elementary1.6 mi · 615
- Beulah Elementary1.9 mi · 902
Frequently asked questions
About Hopkins Road ElementaryHow many students attend Hopkins Road Elementary?
Hopkins Road Elementary enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hopkins Road Elementary serve?
Hopkins Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hopkins Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hopkins Road Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hopkins Road Elementary?
At Hopkins Road Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 50% Hispanic, 39% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hopkins Road Elementary public or private?
Hopkins Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.