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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Marguerite F. Christian Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084001086
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary
14801 Woods Edge Rd., Colonial Heights, VA 23834 · (804) 530-5733 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
11.7:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
489 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
71%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
61.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
61.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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 Marguerite F. Christian Elementary
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marguerite F. Christian Elementary this school | 642 | 76.2% | 58.6% |
| Birdneck Elementary Virginia Beach | 584 | 77.2% | 57.4% |
| Jacobs Road Elementary Chesterfield | 716 | 77.1% | 67.0% |
| Providence Elementary North Chesterfield | 682 | 76.4% | 58.5% |
| Salem Church Elementary North Chesterfield | 574 | 76.3% | 50.0% |
| Portlock Primary Chesapeake | 518 | 74.3% | N/A |
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 Marguerite F. Christian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #862 of 1,101 | #29 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #864 of 1,111 ▲ 37 | #29 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #828 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #29 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 642 | #277 of 1,176 | #27 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #137 of 1,105 | #8 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #187 of 1,106 | #6 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #559 of 1,157 | #22 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #76 of 324 | #5 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
642
-55 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 642 | 55 | 11.7:1 | 76% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 44.6 | 13.2:1 | 77% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 48.3 | 12.3:1 | 80% (476) |
| 2020-21 | 697 | 52 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 38.7 | 14.5:1 | 91% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 38 | 13.6:1 | 53% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 49% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 836 | 59 | 14.2:1 | 22% (181) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marguerite F. Christian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (560 to 642); teachers up 42% (38.7 to 55).
About Marguerite F. Christian Elementary
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Its 642 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 29% larger than the 499 average for elementary schools in Virginia.
Chesterfield County Public Schools, which runs Marguerite F. Christian Elementary, has 65 schools and 64,194 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Marguerite F. Christian Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 37%. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic, 25% White, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Chesterfield County is about 23% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 11.7:1 comes from the school's 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The lunch program counts 76% of students at Marguerite F. Christian Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 54% for public schools in Chesterfield County.
allk12 grades Marguerite F. Christian Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.6% is 8.7 points below the 67.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Chesterfield County census figures show that the median household income is $101,931, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Chesterfield County is home to 76 public schools and about 64,194 public school students.
The nearest public school is Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy, at about 2.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Marguerite F. Christian Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 697 in 2020-21 to 642 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 11.7:1.
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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 Colonial Heights
- Colonial Heights HighHigh · 886 students
- Colonial Heights MiddleMiddle · 700 students
- Tussing ElementaryElementary · 652 students
- Lakeview ElementaryElementary · 422 students
- North ElementaryElementary · 311 students
- Colonial Heights Technical CenterElementary
Nearby schools
- Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy2.2 mi · 326
- Carver Middle2.6 mi · 970
- Harrowgate Elementary2.7 mi · 486
- Elizabeth Davis Middle2.8 mi · 1,364
- C.C. Wells Elementary2.9 mi · 606
- Tussing Elementary3.0 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Marguerite F. Christian ElementaryHow large is Marguerite F. Christian Elementary?
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marguerite F. Christian Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Marguerite F. Christian Elementary have?
Marguerite F. Christian Elementary employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Marguerite F. Christian Elementary?
Student demographics at Marguerite F. Christian Elementary are roughly 25% White, 30% Hispanic, 37% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Marguerite F. Christian Elementary public or private?
Marguerite F. Christian 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.