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If you could change one rule at Woolridge Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 698 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084002176
Woolridge Elementary
5401 Timber Bluff Pkwy., Midlothian, VA 23112 · (804) 739-6330 · Chesterfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
90 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
87.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +0.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 have held steady.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
87.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 85% 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 Woolridge Elementary
Woolridge Elementary's state test result (87.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolridge Elementary this school | 813 | 11.1% | 87.1% |
| Orange Hunt Elementary Springfield | 874 | 9.6% | 83.8% |
| Fairview Elementary Fairfax Station | 751 | 10.8% | 85.8% |
| Silverbrook Elementary Fairfax Station | 799 | 8.1% | 88.8% |
| Cool Spring Elementary Mechanicsville | 852 | 13.8% | 83.9% |
| J.B. Watkins Elementary Midlothian | 913 | 17.5% | 89.9% |
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 Woolridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.1% | #110 of 1,101 | #5 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #156 of 1,111 ▲ 95 | #9 of 40 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #137 of 1,111 ▲ 23 | #7 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #79 of 1,176 | #11 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #996 of 1,105 | #38 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #694 of 1,106 | #35 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #1,108 of 1,157 | #39 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #242 of 324 | #15 of 17 |
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
813
+107 (+15%) vs 2020
+111% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 813 | 48.8 | 16.7:1 | 11% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 798 | 48.2 | 16.6:1 | 11% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 48.3 | 16.7:1 | 8% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 45 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 46.3 | 17.0:1 | 11% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 6% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 34 | 23.2:1 | 6% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 46 | 17.7:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 23 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woolridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (786 to 813); teachers up 6% (46.3 to 48.8).
About Woolridge Elementary
Located in Midlothian, Virginia, Woolridge Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 813 students enrolled. It has 63% more students than the average for elementary schools in Virginia (about 499).
Chesterfield County Public Schools has 64,194 students spread across 65 schools.
About 66% of the student body at Woolridge Elementary is White. Other groups include 11% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Woolridge Elementary are from different groups.
The school's 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Income data for the school show 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Chesterfield County, the average is 54%.
On BeatsExpectations, Woolridge Elementary is 2.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Virginia schools.
The school is in Chesterfield County, where median household income comes to about $101,931, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chesterfield County's 76 public schools enroll about 64,194 students and include Woolridge Elementary.
Woolridge Elementary's nearest public school is Clover Hill Elementary (about 1.0 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Woolridge Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Woolridge Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 15%.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Midlothian
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- James River HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Clover Hill HighHigh · 1,742 students
- Tomahawk Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,650 students
Nearby schools
- Clover Hill Elementary1.0 mi · 866
- Cosby High1.6 mi · 2,507
- Swift Creek Elementary2.4 mi · 724
- Swift Creek Middle2.6 mi · 1,180
- Tomahawk Creek Middle2.9 mi · 1,650
- Clover Hill High3.1 mi · 1,742
Frequently asked questions
About Woolridge ElementaryHow many students attend Woolridge Elementary?
Woolridge Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woolridge Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woolridge Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Woolridge Elementary have?
Woolridge Elementary employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woolridge Elementary?
At Woolridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Woolridge Elementary public or private?
Woolridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools.
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