Tuckahoe Elementary

Tuckahoe Elementary is a PreK–5 public school in Henrico County Public Schools serving 682 students in the Richmond, VA area, and it stands out as one of Virginia's highest-performing elementary schools with a 2025–26 state rank of 28th out of 1,111 schools (97th percentile, 5-star rating). Over the past decade, Tuckahoe has ranked in the top 5% of Virginia elementary schools nearly every year, including 9th in the state in 2023–24, making it a remarkable outlier within a district that ranks only 90th of 131 in Virginia.

Tuckahoe's SOL proficiency rates are exceptionally strong across every grade and subject, averaging about 93% in 2025–26 — roughly 25 percentage points above the Henrico County Public Schools average and 21 points above the state average. Nearby Pemberton Elementary comes closest at about 90% and Three Chopt Elementary averages about 83%, but most surrounding schools fall well below, with Southampton Elementary at roughly 38%, Ridge Elementary around 40%, and Charles M. Johnson Elementary near 46%. Tuckahoe also boasts an extremely low chronic absenteeism rate of 3.2%, far better than the district's 14.1% and the lowest among all nearby schools — Pemberton Elementary is next at 5.5%, while schools like Skipwith Elementary and Southampton Elementary exceed 17–21%.

Tuckahoe's student body has a free/reduced-price lunch rate of just 8.9%, dramatically lower than most neighboring schools, many of which exceed 87–98%, and only Pemberton Elementary (24.1%) is anywhere close. The school achieves these results while spending $10,189 per student with a 16.0 student–teacher ratio — neither figure is especially favorable compared to neighboring schools that spend more and have smaller classes yet achieve far less. Strong results span male and female students, and disabled students rank in the 93rd–94th percentile, though the low-SES subgroup ranks near the state median (52nd percentile), suggesting the school's overall excellence is closely tied to the advantages of its student population while still providing strong support systems that make a meaningful difference.