Azalea Gardens Middle

Set in Norfolk, Virginia, Azalea Gardens Middle is a reasonably sized intermediate school, one of the schools within Norfolk City Public Schools. It caters to 792 students across grades 6 through 8.

Norfolk City Public Schools runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 26,807 students. Azalea Gardens Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Azalea Gardens Middle logs that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Azalea Gardens Middle has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Norfolk city's rate of about 98%.

With demographic context factored in, Azalea Gardens Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 61.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Norfolk city) records that median household income runs about $66,109, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Norfolk city's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students), Azalea Gardens Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Little Creek Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Azalea Gardens Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 919 students in 2018 compared to 792 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 13% to 22%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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