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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000348
Salem Church Elementary
9600 Salem Church Rd., North Chesterfield, VA 23237 · (804) 768-6215 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
438 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
71%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
52.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Salem Church Elementary
Salem Church Elementary's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Church Elementary this school | 574 | 76.3% | 50.0% |
| Crestwood Elementary Richmond | 635 | 76.9% | 66.4% |
| Marguerite F. Christian Elementary Colonial Heights | 642 | 76.2% | 58.6% |
| Jacobs Road Elementary Chesterfield | 716 | 77.1% | 67.0% |
| Widewater Elementary Stafford | 698 | 73.5% | 59.4% |
| Reams Road Elementary North Chesterfield | 612 | 77.1% | 61.3% |
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 Salem Church Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #974 of 1,101 | #34 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #956 of 1,111 ▼ 8 | #35 of 40 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #986 of 1,111 ▼ 44 | #35 of 40 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #413 of 1,176 | #35 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #479 of 1,105 | #21 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #180 of 1,106 | #5 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #555 of 1,157 | #21 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #698 of 759 | #19 of 21 |
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
574
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 76% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 76% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 37 | 13.1:1 | 80% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 43 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 55% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 50% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 31 | 20.2:1 | 38% (239) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 22% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 41 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salem Church Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (586 to 574); teachers up 8% (39 to 42).
About Salem Church Elementary
Salem Church Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in North Chesterfield, Virginia. It enrolled 574 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Salem Church Elementary is one of the 65 schools that make up Chesterfield County Public Schools (64,194 students in total).
Salem Church Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 37%. Other students are 28% White, 26% Black, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Chesterfield County residents are about 12% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Salem Church Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Its 42 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average about 13.8:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Chesterfield County averages 54%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Salem Church Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with Virginia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Virginia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 67.3%. Salem Church Elementary posts 50.0%, 17.3 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Chesterfield County this way: median household income is about $101,931, about 44% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 76 public schools in Chesterfield County, with a combined enrollment of about 64,194.
Of nearby public schools, Salem Church Middle is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Salem Church Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Salem Church Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 551 to 574 over 4 years.
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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
- Salem Church Middle0.1 mi · 876
- Lloyd C. Bird High0.6 mi · 2,131
- Chesterfield Virtual School0.9 mi · 440
- O.B. Gates Elementary1.0 mi · 620
- Beulah Elementary1.8 mi · 902
- Ecoff Elementary2.1 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Salem Church ElementaryHow large is Salem Church Elementary?
Salem Church Elementary enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
Is Salem Church Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Salem Church Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Salem Church Elementary have?
Salem Church Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Salem Church Elementary?
Student demographics at Salem Church Elementary are roughly 28% White, 37% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Salem Church Elementary in?
Salem Church Elementary is part of Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.