Three Chopt Elementary

As a close-knit K-5 school in Richmond, Virginia, Three Chopt Elementary enrolls 306 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Henrico County Public Schools. That puts it 39% below the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Three Chopt Elementary is one of 69 schools operated by Henrico County Public Schools, a district that educates 51,044 students overall.

On demographics, Three Chopt Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Three Chopt Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Henrico County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Three Chopt Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.5%; Three Chopt Elementary posts 79.3%, +15.8 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henrico County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Henrico County's 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), Three Chopt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crestview Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Three Chopt Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Three Chopt Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Three Chopt Elementary's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 306). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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