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What's one thing J.A. Chalkley Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000334
J.A. Chalkley Elementary
3301 Turner Road, Chesterfield, VA 23832 · (804) 674-1300 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
649 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 | 65 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is 7% larger than 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
48.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp 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 47 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
66.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
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 J.A. Chalkley Elementary
J.A. Chalkley Elementary's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.A. Chalkley Elementary this school | 835 | 77.7% | 45.0% |
| J.G. Hening Elementary North Chesterfield | 877 | 77.4% | 49.1% |
| Beulah Elementary North Chesterfield | 902 | 77.1% | 49.3% |
| Hopkins Road Elementary North Chesterfield | 776 | 76.7% | 54.6% |
| Triangle Elementary Triangle | 795 | 70.8% | 55.1% |
| A.M. Davis Elementary North Chesterfield | 708 | 75.6% | 56.1% |
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 J.A. Chalkley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,030 of 1,101 | #38 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,046 of 1,111 ▼ 36 | #38 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,026 of 1,111 ▼ 16 | #38 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #64 of 1,176 | #8 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #12 of 1,105 | #2 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #570 of 1,106 | #28 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #519 of 1,157 | #3 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #639 of 759 | #17 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
835
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 835 | 88.9 | 9.4:1 | 78% (649) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 62.2 | 13.9:1 | 78% (681) |
| 2022-23 | 842 | 64.5 | 13.1:1 | 82% (689) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 62 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 52.3 | 16.6:1 | 78% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 54 | 16.7:1 | 74% (668) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 78% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 798 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 53% (423) |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 44 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.A. Chalkley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (869 to 835); teachers up 70% (52.3 to 88.9).
About J.A. Chalkley Elementary
J.A. Chalkley Elementary is a large elementary school located in Chesterfield, Virginia. School enrollment was 835 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average about 499 students.
Chesterfield County Public Schools is made up of 65 schools with 64,194 students in all.
J.A. Chalkley Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 46%. It is also 44% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. Chesterfield County's residents are about 23% Black, 22 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at J.A. Chalkley Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
At J.A. Chalkley Elementary, 88.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 78% of enrollment. That is 24 points above the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County.
J.A. Chalkley Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 45.0%. Predicted: 66.9%. Difference: 21.9 points.
Chesterfield County census figures show that median household income is about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. J.A. Chalkley Elementary is among the 76 public schools in Chesterfield County.
The nearest public school is Manchester Middle, at about 0.5 miles. J.A. Chalkley Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. J.A. Chalkley Elementary comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, J.A. Chalkley Elementary went from 812 students to 835. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.1:1 to 9.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Chesterfield
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Matoaca HighHigh · 1,624 students
- Winterpock ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- Jacobs Road ElementaryElementary · 716 students
- O.B. Gates ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- Chesterfield Virtual SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Middle0.5 mi · 1,109
- River City Middle1.3 mi · 1,150
- G.H. Reid Elementary1.8 mi · 671
- J.L. Francis Elementary1.8 mi · 526
- J.G. Hening Elementary2.0 mi · 877
- Providence Middle2.1 mi · 1,033
Frequently asked questions
About J.A. Chalkley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at J.A. Chalkley Elementary?
J.A. Chalkley Elementary enrolls approximately 835 students in grades PK-05.
Is J.A. Chalkley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
J.A. Chalkley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J.A. Chalkley Elementary have?
J.A. Chalkley Elementary employs 89 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.4:1.
What is the student diversity at J.A. Chalkley Elementary?
Student demographics at J.A. Chalkley Elementary are roughly 6% White, 44% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is J.A. Chalkley Elementary in?
J.A. Chalkley Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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