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What's one thing Short Pump Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000827
Short Pump Elementary
3425 Pump Rd, Richmond, VA 23233 · (804) 360-0812 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
101 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 | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
68%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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% | 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
84.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Short Pump Elementary
Short Pump Elementary's state test result (84.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Pump Elementary this school | 545 | 18.5% | 84.8% |
| Newton-Lee Elementary Ashburg | 505 | 22.6% | 82.0% |
| Glenkirk Elementary Gainesville | 554 | 18.2% | 89.8% |
| Lees Corner Elementary Fairfax | 547 | 17.6% | 85.3% |
| Stenwood Elementary Vienna | 538 | 10.8% | 88.2% |
| Shady Grove Elementary Glen Allen | 600 | 11.3% | 88.8% |
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 Short Pump Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.8% | #176 of 1,101 | #10 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #222 of 1,111 ▼ 65 | #10 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #192 of 1,111 ▼ 41 | #10 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #475 of 1,176 | #15 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #866 of 1,105 | #27 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #304 of 1,106 | #15 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #1,036 of 1,157 | #40 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #643 of 759 | #21 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
545
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 19% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 20% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 32.5 | 17.2:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 32 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 27.5 | 20.6:1 | 13% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 27 | 21.3:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Short Pump Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (567 to 545); teachers up 27% (27.5 to 35).
About Short Pump Elementary
Short Pump Elementary is an elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, according to federal school records. The school reports 545 students in pre-K through 5.
Henrico County Public Schools is the local district for Short Pump Elementary. It runs 69 schools with 51,044 students.
The most common group at Short Pump Elementary is White students, at 47%. After that, the student body is 28% Asian, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That is close to the 51% White share among all Henrico County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Short Pump Elementary operates with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.6:1. That is higher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. About 19% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Henrico County, the school's rate is lower.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 83.1% at Short Pump Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 84.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Henrico County, the median household income is $88,783, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Henrico County is home to 84 public schools and about 51,753 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Pocahontas Middle, is about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Short Pump Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Short Pump Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 570 in 2020-21 to 545 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.6:1, from 17.8:1.
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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
- Pocahontas Middle0.4 mi · 914
- Colonial Trail Elementary0.8 mi · 710
- Short Pump Middle1.2 mi · 1,056
- Gayton Elementary1.5 mi · 605
- Nuckols Farm Elementary1.5 mi · 627
- Twin Hickory Elementary1.7 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Short Pump ElementaryHow large is Short Pump Elementary?
Short Pump Elementary enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
Is Short Pump Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Short Pump Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Short Pump Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Short Pump Elementary.
How diverse is Short Pump Elementary?
Short Pump Elementary reports a student body of 47% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 28% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Short Pump Elementary in?
Short Pump Elementary is part of Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.