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What advice would you give to incoming students at Reams Road Elementary?
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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000345
Reams Road Elementary
10141 Reams Rd., North Chesterfield, VA 23236 · (804) 674-1370 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
472 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
72%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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
62.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Reams Road Elementary
Reams Road Elementary's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reams Road Elementary this school | 612 | 77.1% | 61.3% |
| Birdneck Elementary Virginia Beach | 584 | 77.2% | 57.4% |
| Jacobs Road Elementary Chesterfield | 716 | 77.1% | 67.0% |
| Smith Station Elementary Fredericksburg | 715 | 72.6% | 69.6% |
| Providence Elementary North Chesterfield | 682 | 76.4% | 58.5% |
| Thelma Crenshaw Elementary Midlothian | 708 | 78.0% | 65.9% |
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 Reams Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #808 of 1,101 | #28 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #849 of 1,111 ▲ 110 | #28 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #726 of 1,111 ▲ 150 | #27 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #337 of 1,176 | #32 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #74 of 1,105 | #4 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #126 of 1,106 | #2 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #531 of 1,157 | #8 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #115 of 324 | #8 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
612
+124 (+25%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 612 | 55.6 | 11.0:1 | 77% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 47.8 | 12.7:1 | 77% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 48.3 | 11.7:1 | 82% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 40.6 | 13.6:1 | 58% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 49% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 47% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 26% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reams Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (551 to 612); teachers up 37% (40.6 to 55.6).
About Reams Road Elementary
Reams Road Elementary is a public elementary school in North Chesterfield, Virginia. Its 612 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Reams Road Elementary is one of 65 schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools, which enrolls 64,194 students in total.
The most common group at Reams Road Elementary is White students, at 36%. Enrollment also includes 27% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The school's White share is 22 points below the 58% share among Chesterfield County residents. Reams Road Elementary's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1 at Reams Road Elementary, with 55.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.8 below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 77%. Across public schools in Chesterfield County, the average is 54%.
Reams Road Elementary is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, Reams Road Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.3%; the prediction is 67.1%.
Chesterfield County has these Census figures: the median household income is $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County is home to 76 public schools and about 64,194 public school students.
The nearest public school is Monacan High, at about 1.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Reams Road Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Reams Road Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment grew 25% from its 2020-21 level of 488. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 11.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 North Chesterfield
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
- Falling Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,443 students
- Manchester MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Providence MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
- Beulah ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- J.G. Hening ElementaryElementary · 877 students
Nearby schools
- Monacan High1.5 mi · 1,644
- W.W. Gordon Elementary1.7 mi · 628
- Providence Elementary2.2 mi · 682
- Greenfield Elementary2.2 mi · 519
- A.M. Davis Elementary2.3 mi · 708
- Providence Middle2.4 mi · 1,033
Frequently asked questions
About Reams Road ElementaryHow many students attend Reams Road Elementary?
Reams Road Elementary enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-05.
Is Reams Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Reams Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Reams Road Elementary?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Reams Road Elementary.
How diverse is Reams Road Elementary?
Reams Road Elementary reports a student body of 36% White, 27% Hispanic, 26% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Reams Road Elementary in?
Reams Road Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.