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Enrollment
716
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084002098
Jacobs Road Elementary
8800 Jacobs Rd., Chesterfield, VA 23832 · (804) 674-1320 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL716 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
552 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 | 24 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
72%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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
79.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 Jacobs Road Elementary
Jacobs Road Elementary's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs Road Elementary this school | 716 | 77.1% | 67.0% |
| C.E. Curtis Elementary Chester | 767 | 76.8% | 66.3% |
| Reams Road Elementary North Chesterfield | 612 | 77.1% | 61.3% |
| Courthouse Road Elementary Spotsylvania | 762 | 73.2% | 66.3% |
| Smith Station Elementary Fredericksburg | 715 | 72.6% | 69.6% |
| Crestwood Elementary Richmond | 635 | 76.9% | 66.4% |
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 Jacobs Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #675 of 1,101 | #22 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #423 of 1,111 ▲ 253 | #17 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #672 of 1,111 ▲ 158 | #26 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 716 | #172 of 1,176 | #19 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #439 of 1,105 | #19 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #162 of 1,106 | #4 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #532 of 1,157 | #9 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #590 of 759 | #14 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
716
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 716 | 53.2 | 13.5:1 | 77% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 742 | 55.8 | 13.3:1 | 77% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 50.8 | 14.1:1 | 82% (585) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 52 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 50.3 | 15.1:1 | 48% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 800 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 42% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 35 | 20.9:1 | 25% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 9% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 40 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacobs Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (761 to 716); teachers up 6% (50.3 to 53.2).
About Jacobs Road Elementary
Jacobs Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Chesterfield, Virginia, one of the schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools. Enrolled students number 716 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 43% higher than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
In Chesterfield County Public Schools, 65 schools enroll a combined 64,194 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Jacobs Road Elementary, at 34%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 27% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Chesterfield County residents are about 58% White. Jacobs Road Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 13.5 students per teacher and 53.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 77%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County.
Test results at Jacobs Road Elementary are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (67.0% actual, 67.1% predicted).
Within Chesterfield County, the median household income is $101,931, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Jacobs Road Elementary, Chesterfield County has 75 other public schools.
The closest public school to Jacobs Road Elementary is Manchester Middle, about 2.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Jacobs Road Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Jacobs Road Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Jacobs Road Elementary's enrollment climbed from 685 in 2020-21 to 716 in 2024-25.
The Jacobs Road Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- J.A. Chalkley ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Winterpock ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- O.B. Gates ElementaryElementary · 620 students
- Chesterfield Virtual SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Middle2.7 mi · 1,109
- J.A. Chalkley Elementary2.8 mi · 835
- Providence Elementary3.1 mi · 682
- Thelma Crenshaw Elementary3.4 mi · 708
- J.G. Hening Elementary3.6 mi · 877
- Providence Middle3.7 mi · 1,033
Frequently asked questions
About Jacobs Road ElementaryHow many students attend Jacobs Road Elementary?
Jacobs Road Elementary enrolls approximately 716 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jacobs Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jacobs Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Jacobs Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Jacobs Road Elementary.
How diverse is Jacobs Road Elementary?
Jacobs Road Elementary reports a student body of 34% White, 30% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Jacobs Road Elementary public or private?
Jacobs 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.