Kersey Creek Elementary

Kersey Creek Elementary is one of the average-sized primary schools in Mechanicsville, Virginia, operated by Hanover County Public Schools, with 672 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Hanover County Public Schools comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 17,434 students; Kersey Creek Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kersey Creek Elementary reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Kersey Creek Elementary records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 16% of students at Kersey Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hanover County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Kersey Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.7%; this one delivers 81.5%.

Around the school, Hanover County reports that the typical household earns roughly $112,805 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kersey Creek Elementary is one of 26 public schools in Hanover County (combined enrollment of about 17,434 students).

The closest other public school is Hanover High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kersey Creek Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 86.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kersey Creek Elementary has declined 7%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 672 in 2025.

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