Matoaca Elementary

Matoaca Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in South Chesterfield, Virginia, overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools, caters to 676 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 499.

Chesterfield County Public Schools comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 64,194 students; Matoaca Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Matoaca Elementary lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 76% of students at Matoaca Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chesterfield County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Matoaca Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 73.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Chesterfield County) logs that median household income runs about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Matoaca Elementary is one of 76 public schools in Chesterfield County (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students).

The closest other public school is Matoaca Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Matoaca Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 61%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 676 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 5% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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