Matoaca Middle School

Ettrick Elementary School is such a blessing to our student and the entire community. Every staff member has a heart of gold with true compassion for the children in their care and the families they represent. The beautiful new building has a great design and was well thought out. Teachers at Ettrick are well equipped to meet the unique needs of every child and are models for the best classroom practices in Chesterfield County, VA. My son is receiving a 5-star education, social-emotional learning, pre-engineering STEAM lessons, as well as Music, Art, PE, and Library resources. He enjoys spending recess on any of the 3 new spectacular playgrounds or fenced in blacktop! We love our Ettrick family and are so thankful for everything this school continues to provide my son!!

My son went from Kindercare to kindergarten here and it was a dramatic change but we kind of expected it to be. Communication was non-existent between the teacher and us. When we asked questions we would get confusing or conflicting answers days later. What little homework we had sent home was clearly out of step with what he was doing in class. The principal repeated lied and made up regulations when she didn't want to do something and kept doing it even when she was called out on it. After the first year we moved and ended up at Alberta Smith where it became clear that after a year at matoaca, our son was essentially a year behind. It also became clear that something was socially messed up at matoaca. My son went from having rage issues and being in therapy once a week to being fine as soon as the school year was over. Pretty clear that the miserable pass rate for math and English is deserved.