A.W.E. Bassette Elementary

A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in Hampton, Virginia, run under Hampton City Public Schools, caters to 486 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Hampton City Public Schools runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 19,472 students. A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary records that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 9% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Hampton city as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting A.W.E. Bassette Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, A.W.E. Bassette Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hampton city shows median household earnings sit near $69,621, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hampton city's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,472 students), A.W.E. Bassette Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Hunter B. Andrews is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around A.W.E. Bassette Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts A.W.E. Bassette Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 73.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 73% across the same window.

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