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What's the most underrated thing about Twin Hickory Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189002536
Twin Hickory Elementary
4900 Twin Hickory Lake Dr, Glen Allen, VA 23059 · (804) 360-4700 · Henrico County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
107 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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
65%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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 91.0% |
% 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
85.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Twin Hickory Elementary
Twin Hickory Elementary's state test result (85.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Hickory Elementary this school | 516 | 20.7% | 85.7% |
| Waxpool Elementary Ashburn | 678 | 16.7% | 89.9% |
| Floris Elementary Herndon | 666 | 11.9% | 85.0% |
| Elaine E. Thompson Elementary Sterling | 756 | 18.3% | 84.3% |
| Colonial Trail Elementary Glen Allen | 710 | 21.5% | 84.0% |
| Liberty Elementary South Riding | 813 | 18.5% | 86.8% |
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 Twin Hickory Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #150 of 1,101 | #9 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #137 of 1,111 ▼ 11 | #8 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #102 of 1,111 ▲ 66 | #7 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #534 of 1,176 | #20 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #726 of 1,105 | #22 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #409 of 1,106 | #23 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #1,024 of 1,157 | #39 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #398 of 759 | #15 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
516
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
+61% since 2000-01, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 516 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 21% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 18% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 33 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 31 | 18.8:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 27 | 11.9:1 | 2% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twin Hickory Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (582 to 516); teachers up 13% (31 to 35).
About Twin Hickory Elementary
Twin Hickory Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Glen Allen, Virginia. Enrolled students number 516 students, in pre-K through 5.
Henrico County Public Schools runs Twin Hickory Elementary along with 68 other schools, enrolling 51,044 students in total.
Twin Hickory Elementary's enrollment is 51% Asian. Enrollment also includes 27% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 6% Hispanic. Among people living in Henrico County, the Asian share is about 9%. The chance that two students picked at random at Twin Hickory Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
A ratio of 14.7:1 comes from the school's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 21% in 2024-25. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henrico County is 67%.
Twin Hickory Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Twin Hickory Elementary is 3.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (85.7% versus 82.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Henrico County has these Census figures: median household income is about $88,783, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Henrico County number 84 and enroll about 51,753.
The closest other public school is Deep Run High, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Twin Hickory Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Twin Hickory Elementary went from 575 students to 516. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.4:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Twin Hickory Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Glen Allen
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Short Pump MiddleMiddle · 1,056 students
- Holman MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Hungary Creek MiddleMiddle · 834 students
- Rivers Edge ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Nearby schools
- Deep Run High0.2 mi · 1,992
- Short Pump Middle0.7 mi · 1,056
- Colonial Trail Elementary1.2 mi · 710
- Holman Middle1.3 mi · 862
- Rivers Edge Elementary1.5 mi · 735
- Short Pump Elementary1.7 mi · 545
Frequently asked questions
About Twin Hickory ElementaryHow large is Twin Hickory Elementary?
Twin Hickory Elementary enrolls approximately 516 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Twin Hickory Elementary serve?
Twin Hickory Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Twin Hickory Elementary?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Twin Hickory Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Twin Hickory Elementary?
At Twin Hickory Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 51% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Twin Hickory Elementary public or private?
Twin Hickory Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.