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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000727
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary
1406 Todds Ln, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 825-4627 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Virginia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
443 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
66.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alfred S. Forrest Elementary
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred S. Forrest Elementary this school | 499 | 88.8% | 64.3% |
| Christopher C. Kraft Elementary Hampton | 452 | 92.3% | 66.9% |
| Heritage Elementary Lynchburg | 448 | 86.2% | 49.5% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Hampton | 482 | 90.2% | 60.0% |
| Chase City Elementary Chase City | 396 | 94.9% | 58.1% |
| Henry D. Ward Elementary Richmond | 526 | 89.4% | 60.0% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alfred S. Forrest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #737 of 1,101 | #16 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #761 of 1,111 ▼ 128 | #18 of 20 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #811 of 1,111 ▼ 27 | #17 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #584 of 1,176 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #936 of 1,105 | #19 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #605 of 1,106 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #363 of 1,157 | #19 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #689 of 759 | #11 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
499
+56 (+13%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 89% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 87% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 85% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 60% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 60% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 22 | 21.8:1 | 49% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 30 | 18.5:1 | 18% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 24 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alfred S. Forrest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (511 to 499); teachers up 3% (30 to 31).
About Alfred S. Forrest Elementary
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Hampton, Virginia. It reported 499 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The 30 schools of Hampton City Public Schools, including Alfred S. Forrest Elementary, enroll 19,472 students.
Federal enrollment data show Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is 60% Black. Next come 21% White, 9% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 49% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Alfred S. Forrest Elementary, which has 31. The school's 16.1:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Virginia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 89%. That is in line with the 90% average for public schools in Hampton city.
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.3% is within a point of the 63.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Hampton city, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,621 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hampton city number 36, with about 19,472 students.
The closest school to Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is Cesar Tarrant Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Alfred S. Forrest Elementary ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.3% against a local average of 67.0%.
Under the NCES locale system, Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 13% across 4 years, from 443 in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25.
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Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar Tarrant Middle0.3 mi · 737
- Christopher C. Kraft Elementary0.8 mi · 452
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary0.9 mi · 343
- Bethel High0.9 mi · 1,769
- George P. Phenix Elementary1.0 mi · 1,438
- Aberdeen Elementary1.2 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Alfred S. Forrest ElementaryHow large is Alfred S. Forrest Elementary?
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alfred S. Forrest Elementary serve?
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alfred S. Forrest Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alfred S. Forrest Elementary?
Student demographics at Alfred S. Forrest Elementary are roughly 21% White, 6% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Alfred S. Forrest Elementary in?
Alfred S. Forrest Elementary is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.