Moody Middle, Tuckahoe Elementary ranked as Henrico’s best K-8 public schools by U.S. News & World Report
George H. Moody Middle recently was ranked as Henrico Schools’ top middle school and Tuckahoe Elementary as the division’s best elementary school by U.S. News & World Report.
U.S. News, which began ranking elementary and middle schools in 2021, released the 2026-2027 rankings of more than 100,000 pre-kindergarten through eighth grade schools throughout the county on Oct. 19. The site released rankings for high schools this past August, which placed three HCPS high schools in the top 10 of public high schools in the Richmond metro area.
Schools are ranked based on math and reading test scores (50%) and whether those scores matched or exceeded U.S. News’ predictions for the school based on socioeconomic indicators (50%).
Moody Middle School, HCPS’ first middle school to host the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, topped the list of the division’s middle schools, followed by Short Pump Middle at No. 2, Pocahontas Middle at No. 3, Holman Middle at No. 4, and L. Douglas Wilder Middle at No. 5.
Tuckahoe Elementary was ranked the No. 1 elementary school in HCPS, followed by David A. Kaechele Elementary at No. 2, Rivers Edge Elementary at No. 3, Pemberton Elementary at No. 4, and Three Chopt Elementary at No. 5.
In the state rankings, Tuckahoe Elementary was placed at No. 35 out of 1,200 elementary schools, while Moody Middle was ranked at No. 23 out of Virginia’s 600 middle schools
At Moody Middle, 83% of students passed state Standards of Learning reading exams and 78% passed math SOLs – surpassing both state and division averages. Almost 30% of students at the school are economically disadvantaged, and the student population is diverse, with 47% Asian, 19% white, 19% Black, and 13% Hispanic.
Students at Tuckahoe Elementary significantly surpassed state and division averages on exams, with 92% of students passing reading SOLs and 93% passing math SOLs. The school is nearly 90% white, and only 5% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Liana Hardy is the Citizen’s government and education reporter. Support her work and articles like this one by making a contribution to the Citizen.
