Tuckahoe Elementary

Set in Richmond, Virginia, Tuckahoe Elementary is a mid-tier elementary-level community, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools. It teaches 682 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Henrico County Public Schools, which oversees 69 schools and 51,044 students, Tuckahoe Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tuckahoe Elementary shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Henrico County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at Tuckahoe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tuckahoe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 85.7%; this one delivers 92.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Henrico County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,783 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henrico County runs 84 public schools (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students), of which Tuckahoe Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Douglas S. Freeman High, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tuckahoe Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

Tuckahoe Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 658 students in 2018 compared to 682 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Tuckahoe Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.