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Pinchbeck Elementary

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Pinchbeck Elementary ranks 460 th of 1111 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

460^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,111 Virginia Elementary Schools

Better than 59% of Virginia elementary schools

Summary

Pinchbeck Elementary is a PK–5 school in Richmond, VA, serving 538 students within Henrico County Public Schools, where 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Despite this significant economic challenge, the school has climbed from the 15th percentile in state rankings just five years ago to the 59th percentile today—a 3-star rating that places it well above its own district, which ranks in the 31st percentile overall. Among nearby schools with similarly high poverty rates, Pinchbeck outperforms Skipwith Elementary (12th percentile), Maybeury Elementary (34th), and Jackson Davis Elementary (42nd), while trailing only Three Chopt Elementary (75th percentile) in its immediate cluster.

Attendance is one of Pinchbeck's biggest strengths. Chronic absenteeism stands at just 8.3%—far better than the district's 14.1% and the state's 14.8%, and dramatically lower than comparable high-poverty schools like Skipwith Elementary (17.5%) and Maybeury Elementary (14.5%). This strong attendance culture pairs with clear academic momentum: while 3rd graders score near the state average in reading, by 5th grade Pinchbeck students exceed the state by roughly 9 percentage points in reading and 6.5 points in math. Fifth-grade proficiency rates reach 78.95% in math, 81.58% in reading, and 78.95% in science—all well above both district and state averages.

Pinchbeck also delivers impressive efficiency. The school spends about $10,086 per student, yet outranks several neighbors that spend more: Ruby F. Carver Elementary spends $11,008 but ranks in the 21st percentile, and Ridge Elementary spends $10,903 but ranks in the 2nd. Just three-quarters of a mile away, Pemberton Elementary reaches the 93rd percentile, though with a far lower poverty rate (24% free/reduced-price lunch) and higher spending ($13,232 per student). For families in the Richmond area, Pinchbeck represents a school that is beating the odds—combining strong attendance, steady academic growth, and smart resource use to deliver results that stand out both within Henrico County Public Schools and across the state.

538

Students ?

15.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,086

Per pupil spending ?

90.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1275 Gaskins Rd
Richmond, VA 23233

(804) 750-2670

District: Henrico County Public Schools

Students who attend Pinchbeck Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Quioccasin Middle
High:	Mills E. Godwin High

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.7%

Hispanic:

21.0%

African American:

13.8%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 15th percentile in 2021 → 59th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 59th (2026) from a 15th-percentile low (2021)

✓Above the Virginia median (59th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school76%

District avg67%

Virginia avg72%

460^th of 1,111

Virginia public elementary schools ?

Top 41%▼ down 7 pts since 2016

From top 34% (2016) to top 41% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 45Elementary Schools in the Henrico County Public Schools

90^th of 131Henrico County Public Schools among Virginia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	61.3	460 of 1111	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.5	544 of 1110	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.4	594 of 1114	46.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	672 of 1114	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.3	699 of 1109	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	17.0	942 of 1103	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.9	650 of 1105	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	63.7	418 of 1097	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	62.1	425 of 1099	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	66.0	373 of 1096	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	54.5	572 of 1100	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2014	59.8	447 of 1110	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	64.6	387 of 1120	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	65.8	343 of 1117	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	60.8	435 of 1117	61.1%	★★★☆☆
2010	74.8	191 of 1113	82.8%	★★★★☆
2009	69.6	283 of 1082	73.8%	★★★★☆
2008	75.5	179 of 1081	83.4%	★★★★☆
2007	79.5	129 of 1083	88.1%	★★★★☆
2006	79.3	124 of 1071	88.4%	★★★★☆
2005	76.6	176 of 1062	83.4%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	60.6	234 of 591	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	62.1	207 of 579	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	37.8	182 of 246	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	218 of 230	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2025	51.9	148 of 326	54.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	58.8	475 of 1100	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.9	621 of 1096	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.4	529 of 1098	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	43.3	672 of 1100	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	62.5	220 of 619	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	50.0	321 of 606	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.0	398 of 580	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.4	485 of 564	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	49.4	556 of 1040	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	50.8	546 of 1046	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.4	627 of 1036	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	60.8	449 of 1099	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	59.3	469 of 1093	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.9	657 of 1101	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.9	666 of 1093	39.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Virginia percentile	Rating
2026	46.2	594 of 974	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	48.8	558 of 973	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.5	472 of 979	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.5	446 of 984	54.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Hispanic (2026)64th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2026)60th percentile~ school

Male (2026)59th percentile~ school

Female (2026)57th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2025)55th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)47th percentile-12 vs school

White (2026)39th percentile-20 vs school

Asian (2026)26th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs Virginia (2025-2026) ?

Science79%+10 vs state

Mathematics76%+3 vs state

English Reading75%+4 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, October 29, 2012

My family has had an excellent experience at Pinchbeck. We have two kids that are now in 3rd and 4th grade, and they love it! The staff is excellent and the parents are involved. There is a fine balance of social, economic, and cultural diversity which is an education in the real world. There are other schools in western Henrico County which may have higher test scores, but that alone is not a good measure of a school. Close Quote

by a student
Monday, October 8, 2012

graduated from there in 2008 (the year they had their best scores). I was bullied a lot, not just by the other students but also by most of my teachers (especially in 5th grade). When I went there it was a mostly white school and if that had played a part in my misery, I won't point the finger. Frankly this school did nothing but limit progress, my mother had taught me multiplication, division, addition and subtraction by the time I was enrolled there in the second grade but I wasn't allowed to use it. My teacher had made me use sticks to add and subtract and yelled at me when I did it through the normal numerical way that was apparently too advanced for my age. Don't enroll at Pinchbeck, the few teachers that were good at teaching have all moved to other schools (from what I've heard) and from the test scores it seems this school has sunk farther. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SOL Mathematics (2026)			SOL Science (2026)	SOL English Reading (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SOL Mathematics 3rd Grade	SOL Mathematics 4th Grade	SOL Mathematics 5th Grade	SOL Science 5th Grade	SOL English Reading 3rd Grade	SOL English Reading 4th Grade	SOL English Reading 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pinchbeck Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1275 Gaskins Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 750-2670	538	34	15.8	90.3%	273 (50.7%)	74 (13.8%)	113 (21.0%)	48 (8.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.4%)	61.3	460^th of 1111 public elementary schools	58.6%		54.5	544^th of 1110 public elementary schools	51.0%	84	71.3	78.7	79.0	79.0	66.0	80.8	81.6	$10,086	$745	$9,341
Pemberton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Pemberton Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 750-2660	344	25	13.7	24.1%	252 (73.3%)	36 (10.5%)	25 (7.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.1%)	87.7	79^th of 1111 public elementary schools	92.9%		84.7	128^th of 1110 public elementary schools	88.5%	49	94.6	86.6	95.6	91.1	83.6	88.1	91.1	$13,232	$900	$12,333
Maybeury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Maybeury Dr	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 750-2650	691	38	18.1	89.4%	379 (54.8%)	118 (17.1%)	118 (17.1%)	36 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (5.8%)	40.5	730^th of 1111 public elementary schools	34.3%		46.8	642^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	42.2%	88	67.7	61.4	70.9	67.9	66.3	68.0	71.6	$9,271	$551	$8,720
Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8910 Three Chopt Rd	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(804) 673-3745	512	32	16.0	87.7%	142 (27.7%)	116 (22.7%)	174 (34.0%)	44 (8.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (6.4%)	2.9	1090^th of 1111 public elementary schools	1.9%		2.4	1097^th of 1110 public elementary schools	1.2%	7	42.6	32.3	47.7	45.5	35.5	35.8	42.2	$10,903	$1,142	$9,761
Ruby F. Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1801 Lauderdale Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 750-2640	509	32	16.1	88.0%	220 (43.2%)	110 (21.6%)	92 (18.1%)	39 (7.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (8.8%)	27	875^th of 1111 public elementary schools	21.2%		47	638^th of 1110 public elementary schools	42.5%	237	60.5	76.3	62.4	58.1	58.7	61.6	51.7	$11,008	$540	$10,469
Jackson Davis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8801 Nesslewood Dr	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 527-4620	535	34	15.7	88.4%	231 (43.2%)	142 (26.5%)	67 (12.5%)	68 (12.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.7%)	47.4	645^th of 1111 public elementary schools	41.9%		50.7	591^st of 1110 public elementary schools	46.8%	54	70.6	83.3	60.3	63.2	65.1	78.4	65.2	$10,023	$649	$9,374
Tuckahoe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Forest Ave	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 673-3765	682	43	16.0	8.9%	612 (89.7%)	10 (1.5%)	28 (4.1%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.8%)	91.3	28^th of 1111 public elementary schools	97.5%		91.3	32^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	97.1%	4	94.3	89.8	95.0	93.1	90.5	90.8	95.1	$10,189	$676	$9,513
Three Chopt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1600 Skipwith Rd	Richmond	23229	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 673-3755	306	24	12.7	90.2%	152 (49.7%)	26 (8.5%)	84 (27.5%)	25 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	74.9	280^th of 1111 public elementary schools	74.8%		73.2	305^th of 1110 public elementary schools	72.5%	25	82.9	75.4	90.6	84.9	75.0	80.0	90.6	$12,337	$1,195	$11,142
Skipwith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2401 Skipwith Rd	Richmond	23294	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 527-4650	603	38	15.8	88.1%	133 (22.1%)	183 (30.3%)	141 (23.4%)	96 (15.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (8.3%)	16	976^th of 1111 public elementary schools	12.2%		19.8	929^th of 1110 public elementary schools	16.3%	47	60.9	65.4	50.6	40.9	51.8	49.4	61.6	$9,034	$649	$8,386
Gayton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12481 Church Rd	Richmond	23233	Henrico County	Henrico County Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(804) 360-0820	605	36	16.8	15.5%	450 (74.4%)	23 (3.8%)	40 (6.6%)	58 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.6%)	87.1	90^th of 1111 public elementary schools	91.9%		87.6	82^nd of 1110 public elementary schools	92.6%	8	93.3	90.4	88.0	85.9	87.4	86.8	90.0	$9,336	$645	$8,691

Frequently Asked Questions about Pinchbeck Elementary

How many students attend Pinchbeck Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 538 students attended Pinchbeck Elementary.

What district is Pinchbeck Elementary in?

Henrico County Public Schools

Is Pinchbeck Elementary a good school?

Pinchbeck Elementary ranks 460^th of 1111 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Pinchbeck Elementary?

Students at Pinchbeck Elementary are 51% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% African American, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Pinchbeck Elementary attend?

Students who attend Pinchbeck Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Quioccasin Middle
High : Mills E. Godwin High

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