Winterpock Elementary

Winterpock Elementary is a roomy elementary-level community in Chesterfield, Virginia, operated by Chesterfield County Public Schools. The school caters to 834 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Chesterfield County Public Schools, which oversees 65 schools and 64,194 students, Winterpock Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Winterpock Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Black, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Winterpock Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Winterpock Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Chesterfield County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Winterpock Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 83.8%; this one delivers 85.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Chesterfield County shows median household earnings sit near $101,931, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Chesterfield County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,194 students), Winterpock Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cosby High, roughly 1.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Winterpock Elementary. On composite proficiency, Winterpock Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 82.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Winterpock Elementary has decreased 20%, going from 1,047 students in 2018 to 834 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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