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Alumni: what's one memory from Kersey Creek Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183002506
Kersey Creek Elementary
10004 Learning Lane, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 723-3440 · Hanover County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
108 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (131).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
82.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
83.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 86.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
81.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Kersey Creek Elementary
Kersey Creek Elementary's state test result (81.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kersey Creek Elementary this school | 672 | 16.1% | 81.5% |
| Grange Hall Elementary Moseley | 724 | 15.9% | 84.0% |
| W.W. Gordon Elementary North Chesterfield | 628 | 17.7% | 87.9% |
| Great Bridge Intermediate Chesapeake | 728 | 16.1% | 88.0% |
| Rural Point Elementary Mechanicsville | 627 | 14.5% | 87.1% |
| John B. Dey Elementary Virginia Beach | 744 | 20.8% | 89.4% |
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 Kersey Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.5% | #272 of 1,101 | #6 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #316 of 1,111 ▼ 134 | #9 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #274 of 1,111 ▲ 67 | #7 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #226 of 1,176 | #3 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #636 of 1,105 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #937 of 1,106 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #1,057 of 1,157 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #545 of 759 | #6 of 10 |
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
672
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 672 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 16% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 15% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 29 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 51.8 | 14.0:1 | 11% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 41 | 16.2:1 | 8% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 8% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kersey Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (725 to 672); teachers down 9% (51.8 to 47).
About Kersey Creek Elementary
Kersey Creek Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in Mechanicsville, Virginia. It had 672 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Virginia enroll about 499 students on average.
Within Hanover County Public Schools, Kersey Creek Elementary is one of 24 schools. The district enrolls 17,434 students.
Federal enrollment data show Kersey Creek Elementary is 79% White. Next come 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. In Hanover County overall, the White share is about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Kersey Creek Elementary reported 47 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 13.8:1. Roughly 16% of students at Kersey Creek Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 34% average for public schools in Hanover County is 18 points.
Kersey Creek Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Virginia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Kersey Creek Elementary is 83.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.5%.
For Hanover County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $112,805 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hanover County number 26, with about 17,434 students.
Hanover High sits about 0.3 miles from Kersey Creek Elementary. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Kersey Creek Elementary is 8th among 9 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Kersey Creek Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Kersey Creek Elementary had 677 students in 2020-21 and 672 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.3:1 to 14.3:1.
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Hanover County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,879
Census ACS
Median income
$112,805
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
17,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanover County Public Schools
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Patrick Henry HighHigh · 1,294 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Liberty MiddleMiddle · 910 students
Other schools in Mechanicsville
- Atlee HighHigh · 1,470 students
- Hanover HighHigh · 1,349 students
- Mechanicsville HighHigh · 1,245 students
- Chickahominy MiddleMiddle · 1,199 students
- Bell Creek MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Oak Knoll MiddleMiddle · 862 students
Nearby schools
- Hanover High0.3 mi · 1,349
- Oak Knoll Middle0.5 mi · 862
- Pearson's Corner Elementary0.9 mi · 571
- Cool Spring Elementary1.9 mi · 852
- Chickahominy Middle2.1 mi · 1,199
- Atlee High2.1 mi · 1,470
Frequently asked questions
About Kersey Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Kersey Creek Elementary?
Kersey Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kersey Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kersey Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kersey Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kersey Creek Elementary is approximately 14.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kersey Creek Elementary?
At Kersey Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Kersey Creek Elementary public or private?
Kersey Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanover County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.