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Enrollment
914
Middle
DISTRICT 935 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189001911
Pocahontas Middle
12000 Three Chopt Rd, Richmond, VA 23233 · (804) 364-0830 · Henrico County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL914 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Virginia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
279 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 312 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 312 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Pocahontas Middle
Pocahontas Middle's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocahontas Middle this school | 914 | 30.5% | 87.4% |
| Swift Creek Middle Midlothian | 1,180 | 28.3% | 82.3% |
| Blacksburg Middle Blacksburg | 958 | 27.0% | 83.9% |
| Tabb Middle Yorktown | 968 | 27.8% | 90.6% |
| Cave Spring Middle Roanoke | 746 | 30.4% | 87.0% |
| Great Neck Middle Virginia Beach | 1,039 | 30.1% | 89.4% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Pocahontas Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #19 of 337 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #63 of 342 ▼ 15 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #29 of 342 ▲ 20 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 914 | #105 of 343 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #318 of 327 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #186 of 333 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #281 of 340 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #160 of 224 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
914
+66 (+8%) vs 2020
+22% since 2000-01, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 914 | 52.3 | 17.5:1 | 31% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 834 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 28% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 50.5 | 16.3:1 | 29% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 51 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 979 | 51.3 | 19.1:1 | 17% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 936 | 53 | 17.7:1 | 16% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 42 | 21.3:1 | 11% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 2% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pocahontas Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (979 to 914); teachers up 2% (51.3 to 52.3).
About Pocahontas Middle
Pocahontas Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school in Richmond, Virginia. The school enrolls 914 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Virginia is about 750, so this school runs 22% above that.
Pocahontas Middle is part of Henrico County Public Schools, where 69 schools serve 51,044 students.
Roughly 62% of students at Pocahontas Middle are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 51%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 17.5:1. That is 4.4 students per teacher above the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 31%. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Henrico County, the school's rate is lower.
Pocahontas Middle is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Virginia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Pocahontas Middle is 7.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 87.4% actual, 79.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
In Henrico County (population about 335,744), the median household income is $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Pocahontas Middle is one of 84 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Short Pump Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Pocahontas Middle is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
Pocahontas Middle has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The school enrolled 914 students in 2024-25, 66 more than the 848 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Pocahontas Middle covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Short Pump Elementary0.4 mi · 545
- Colonial Trail Elementary1.1 mi · 710
- Short Pump Middle1.5 mi · 1,056
- Gayton Elementary1.5 mi · 605
- Mills E. Godwin High1.8 mi · 1,702
- Nuckols Farm Elementary1.8 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Pocahontas MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Pocahontas Middle?
Pocahontas Middle enrolls approximately 914 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pocahontas Middle serve?
Pocahontas Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pocahontas Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pocahontas Middle is approximately 17.5:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pocahontas Middle?
Pocahontas Middle reports a student body of 62% White, 8% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pocahontas Middle in?
Pocahontas Middle is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.