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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001678
Brookwood Elementary
601 S Lynnhaven Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 · (757) 648-2160 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
390 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
70.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 70 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 down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Brookwood Elementary
Brookwood Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood Elementary this school | 574 | 67.9% | 66.0% |
| Spotsylvania Elementary Spotsylvania | 623 | 65.0% | 58.8% |
| Pembroke Meadows Elementary Virginia Beach | 485 | 68.7% | 78.9% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Virginia Beach | 500 | 68.4% | 72.3% |
| Windsor Woods Elementary Virginia Beach | 487 | 73.9% | 77.6% |
| David A. Harrison Elementary Disputanta | 630 | 64.0% | 68.9% |
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 Brookwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #708 of 1,101 | #42 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #660 of 1,111 ▲ 12 | #38 of 54 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #614 of 1,111 ▼ 114 | #41 of 54 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #416 of 1,176 | #18 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #512 of 1,105 | #30 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #102 of 1,106 | #11 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #720 of 1,157 | #27 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #375 of 759 | #14 of 40 |
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
574
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 574 | 41.6 | 13.8:1 | 68% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 38.1 | 15.2:1 | 65% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 42.5 | 13.4:1 | 67% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 35.9 | 18.2:1 | 59% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 38 | 19.2:1 | 59% (428) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 48% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 35% (198) |
| 1990-91 | 761 | 38 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (653 to 574); teachers up 16% (35.9 to 41.6).
About Brookwood Elementary
Brookwood Elementary serves students in Virginia Beach, Virginia, as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 574 students.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools, which runs Brookwood Elementary, has 82 schools and 64,731 students.
At Brookwood Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 40%. After that, the student body is 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census figures show Virginia Beach city is about 61% White. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.8 students per teacher and 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 49% average for public schools in Virginia Beach city.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Brookwood Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Brookwood Elementary are 3.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (66.0% actual, 69.6% predicted).
Census estimates describe Virginia Beach city this way: the median household income is $92,968, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city has 89 public schools and roughly 64,731 students.
The nearest public school is Plaza Middle, at about 0.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 66.0% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Brookwood Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (580) and 2024-25 (574). The school's ratio fell from 15.3:1 to 13.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other Brookwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Brookwood Elementary. Brookwood Elementary is the 9th largest of the 14.
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolSnellville, GA · 1,422 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolLevittown, PA · 975 students
- Brookwood ElementaryCumming, GA · 810 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 792 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Plaza Middle0.7 mi · 1,033
- Lynnhaven Elementary1.1 mi · 339
- Holland Elementary1.2 mi · 435
- Windsor Oaks Elementary1.5 mi · 497
- Green Run Elementary1.6 mi · 350
- Windsor Woods Elementary1.7 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Brookwood ElementaryHow large is Brookwood Elementary?
Brookwood Elementary enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brookwood Elementary serve?
Brookwood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brookwood Elementary?
At Brookwood Elementary, the student body is approximately 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Brookwood Elementary in?
Brookwood Elementary is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
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