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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000820
Pinchbeck Elementary
1275 Gaskins Rd, Richmond, VA 23233 · (804) 750-2670 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
486 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
74.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Pinchbeck Elementary
Pinchbeck Elementary's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinchbeck Elementary this school | 538 | 90.3% | 70.3% |
| Ruby F. Carver Elementary Richmond | 509 | 88.0% | 68.3% |
| Maybeury Elementary Richmond | 691 | 89.4% | 68.2% |
| Burlington Elementary Roanoke | 530 | 90.0% | 69.9% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Crestview Elementary Richmond | 388 | 89.2% | 74.8% |
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 Pinchbeck Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #581 of 1,101 | #19 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #599 of 1,111 ▲ 36 | #18 of 45 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #483 of 1,111 ▲ 30 | #19 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #487 of 1,176 | #16 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #898 of 1,105 | #31 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #338 of 1,106 | #18 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #323 of 1,157 | #4 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #661 of 759 | #22 of 26 |
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
538
+30 (+6%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 90% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 55% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 50% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 30.5 | 18.3:1 | 40% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 32 | 17.1:1 | 38% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 29 | 18.5:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 9% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 29 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinchbeck Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (557 to 538); teachers up 11% (30.5 to 34).
About Pinchbeck Elementary
Pinchbeck Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Richmond, Virginia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 538 students in pre-K through 5.
Pinchbeck Elementary is in Henrico County Public Schools, a district with 51,044 students across 69 schools.
White students make up a majority at Pinchbeck Elementary, at 51%. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Henrico County is about 51% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Pinchbeck Elementary is 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.8:1. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 90%. The 67% average for public schools in Henrico County is 23 points lower.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pinchbeck Elementary is 6.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 70.3%. Predicted: 63.5%.
In the county around the school, Henrico County, the median household income is $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 84 public schools in Henrico County, enrolling about 51,753 students in all.
Quioccasin Middle is the public school closest to Pinchbeck Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pinchbeck Elementary ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pinchbeck Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Pinchbeck Elementary had 508 students, to 2024-25, when it had 538.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
Other schools in Richmond
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
- Mills E. Godwin HighHigh · 1,702 students
- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Nearby schools
- Quioccasin Middle0.6 mi · 1,053
- Pemberton Elementary0.7 mi · 344
- Maybeury Elementary0.7 mi · 691
- Mills E. Godwin High1.5 mi · 1,702
- Ridge Elementary1.7 mi · 512
- Tuckahoe Middle1.7 mi · 1,114
Frequently asked questions
About Pinchbeck ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Pinchbeck Elementary?
Pinchbeck Elementary enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pinchbeck Elementary serve?
Pinchbeck Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pinchbeck Elementary?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Pinchbeck Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pinchbeck Elementary?
At Pinchbeck Elementary, the student body is approximately 51% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pinchbeck Elementary public or private?
Pinchbeck Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.