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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000725
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary
671 Bell St, Hampton, VA 23661 · (757) 727-1071 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
448 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
45%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
66.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 A.W.E. Bassette Elementary
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.W.E. Bassette Elementary this school | 486 | 92.2% | 65.6% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Hampton | 482 | 90.2% | 60.0% |
| Luther W. Machen Elementary Hampton | 430 | 95.1% | 65.5% |
| Mary S. Peake Elementary Hampton | 404 | 92.3% | 67.4% |
| Edwin A. Gibson Elementary Danville | 466 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
| 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 A.W.E. Bassette Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #713 of 1,101 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #650 of 1,111 ▲ 36 | #10 of 20 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #706 of 1,111 ▲ 105 | #13 of 20 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #618 of 1,176 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #880 of 1,105 | #17 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #845 of 1,106 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #295 of 1,157 | #11 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #235 of 324 | #4 of 9 |
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
486
+49 (+11%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 92% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 92% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 87% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 86% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 37 | 13.5:1 | 87% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 73% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 477 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 68% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 19 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for A.W.E. Bassette Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (469 to 486); teachers up 7% (29 to 31).
About A.W.E. Bassette Elementary
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Hampton, Virginia. It teaches 486 students in pre-K through 5.
Hampton City Public Schools is made up of 30 schools with 19,472 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is 73% Black. Other groups make up 9% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Hampton city as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary reported 31 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Roughly 92% of students at A.W.E. Bassette Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hampton city average a similar 90%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 65.6% actual against 63.0% predicted.
The county, Hampton city, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $69,621 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hampton city has 36 public schools with about 19,472 students, including A.W.E. Bassette Elementary.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hunter B. Andrews, is about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 486, compared with 437 in 2020-21.
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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
- Hunter B. Andrews0.6 mi · 1,081
- Hampton High0.6 mi · 1,301
- Armstrong Elementary0.8 mi · 288
- C. Alton Lindsay Middle1.4 mi · 612
- Aberdeen Elementary2.0 mi · 482
- Thomas Eaton Middle2.3 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About A.W.E. Bassette ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at A.W.E. Bassette Elementary?
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does A.W.E. Bassette Elementary serve?
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does A.W.E. Bassette Elementary have?
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at A.W.E. Bassette Elementary?
At A.W.E. Bassette Elementary, the student body is approximately 9% White, 7% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees A.W.E. Bassette Elementary?
A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is overseen by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.