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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 513 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANOVER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510183002535
Pole Green Elementary
8393 Pole Green Park Ln, Mechanicsville, VA 23116 · (804) 365-4700 · Hanover County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
110 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
45%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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
87.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
86.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Pole Green Elementary
Pole Green Elementary's state test result (86.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Green Elementary this school | 527 | 20.9% | 86.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Forest | 567 | 24.5% | 85.4% |
| Cave Spring Elementary Roanoke | 489 | 23.1% | 88.6% |
| Trantwood Elementary Virginia Beach | 561 | 23.2% | 86.8% |
| C. Hunter Ritchie Elementary New Baltimore | 525 | 18.5% | 79.5% |
| W.W. Gordon Elementary North Chesterfield | 628 | 17.7% | 87.9% |
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 Pole Green Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hanover County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #137 of 1,101 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #196 of 1,111 ▼ 131 | #5 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #237 of 1,111 ▲ 52 | #5 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #509 of 1,176 | #8 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #447 of 1,105 | #10 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #833 of 1,106 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.9% | #1,020 of 1,157 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #334 of 759 | #2 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
527
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 527 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 21% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 19% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 22 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 37.5 | 16.3:1 | 14% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 10% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 32 | 18.2:1 | 12% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 782 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 8% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pole Green Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (610 to 527); teachers up 4% (37.5 to 39).
About Pole Green Elementary
Pole Green Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Mechanicsville, Virginia, administered by Hanover County Public Schools. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 527 students enrolled.
Pole Green Elementary is in Hanover County Public Schools, a district with 17,434 students across 24 schools.
At 72%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pole Green Elementary combined. It is also 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. Hanover County's residents are about 82% White, 9 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Pole Green Elementary comes in at 45%.
Pole Green Elementary counts 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in Virginia have a similar average ratio of 13.8:1. About 21% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. On average, public schools in Hanover County report 34%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Pole Green Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 82.4% for a school in Virginia with Pole Green Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pole Green Elementary posts 86.0%.
Hanover County has about 112,879 residents, and median household income is about $112,805, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Federal data list 26 public schools in Hanover County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,434.
The shortest distance from Pole Green Elementary to another public school is about 1.2 miles, to Battlefield Park Elementary. The five-mile area around Pole Green Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 77.5% proficiency; Pole Green Elementary posts 86.0%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (524) and 2024-25 (527). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.5:1) than in 2020-21 (23.8:1).
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Pole Green Elementary covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Battlefield Park Elementary1.2 mi · 407
- Laurel Meadow Elementary1.8 mi · 591
- Bell Creek Middle2.3 mi · 903
- Rural Point Elementary2.4 mi · 627
- Mechanicsville High2.5 mi · 1,245
- Cold Harbor Elementary3.3 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Pole Green ElementaryHow large is Pole Green Elementary?
Pole Green Elementary enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pole Green Elementary serve?
Pole Green Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pole Green Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pole Green Elementary is approximately 13.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pole Green Elementary?
At Pole Green Elementary, the student body is approximately 72% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Pole Green Elementary public or private?
Pole Green 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.