Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000728
Armstrong Elementary
3401 Matoaka Rd, Hampton, VA 23661 · (757) 727-1067 · Hampton city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Virginia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
16.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
272 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
65%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
81.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 down about 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 90.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Armstrong Elementary
Armstrong Elementary's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Elementary this school | 288 | 94.4% | 83.1% |
| Garden City Elementary Roanoke | 302 | 98.7% | 54.1% |
| Paul Munro Elementary Lynchburg | 356 | 97.2% | 82.4% |
| Surry Elementary Dendron | 292 | 95.5% | 76.3% |
| Buckingham Co Elementary Dillwyn | 351 | 99.4% | 59.8% |
| Patrick Henry School Of Science And Arts Richmond | 310 | 100.0% | 74.1% |
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 Armstrong Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #223 of 1,101 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #453 of 1,111 ▼ 236 | #4 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #302 of 1,111 ▼ 105 | #2 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #989 of 1,176 | #20 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,016 of 1,105 | #21 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #391 of 1,106 | #3 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.4% | #258 of 1,157 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #602 of 759 | #6 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
288
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 94% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 92% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 17 | 17.5:1 | 86% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 33% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 31% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 25% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 21 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Armstrong Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (304 to 288); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Armstrong Elementary
Armstrong Elementary is an elementary school in Hampton, Virginia, reachable at (757) 727-1067. The latest federal count shows 288 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 42% smaller than average.
Hampton City Public Schools has 19,472 students spread across 30 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Armstrong Elementary. The largest is White students, at 47%. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 13% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Hampton city's population at about 37%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Armstrong Elementary total 17 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.9:1. That is 3.1 students per teacher above the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 94%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Armstrong Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Armstrong Elementary is 20.7 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Virginia.
Census Bureau estimates for Hampton city show that the median household income is $69,621, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Armstrong Elementary is one of 36 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Armstrong Elementary is Hunter B. Andrews, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Armstrong Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place Armstrong Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 265.
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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
Other Armstrong Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Armstrong Elementary. Armstrong Elementary is the 8th largest of the 10.
- Armstrong ElementaryReston, VA · 357 students
- Armstrong Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 616 students
- Armstrong ElementaryEastover, NC · 456 students
- Armstrong ElementaryGreenville, SC · 435 students
- Armstrong Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 431 students
Nearby schools
- Hunter B. Andrews0.2 mi · 1,081
- A.W.E. Bassette Elementary0.8 mi · 486
- Hampton High1.4 mi · 1,301
- C. Alton Lindsay Middle2.0 mi · 612
- Moton Early Childhood Center2.6 mi · 226
- B.T. Washington Middle2.7 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Armstrong ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Armstrong Elementary?
Armstrong Elementary enrolls approximately 288 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Armstrong Elementary serve?
Armstrong Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Armstrong Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Armstrong Elementary is approximately 16.9:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Armstrong Elementary?
At Armstrong Elementary, the student body is approximately 47% White, 7% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Armstrong Elementary in?
Armstrong Elementary is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
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