Alanton Elementary

Alanton Elementary, a medium-sized elementary campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, educates 632 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Across the 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (64,731 students total), Alanton Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Alanton Elementary records that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Alanton Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alanton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.8%, the actual is 83.0%, a residual of +13.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Virginia Beach city indicate median household income runs about $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alanton Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: First Colonial High, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alanton Elementary. On composite proficiency, Alanton Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 83.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 17% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Alanton Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.