Brookwood Elementary

Brookwood Elementary is a primary school of average-sized scale in Virginia Beach, Virginia, run under Virginia Beach City Public Schools, enrolling 574 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (64,731 students total), Brookwood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brookwood Elementary reports that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Brookwood Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Virginia Beach city (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Brookwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Virginia Beach city indicate median household earnings sit near $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), of which Brookwood Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Plaza Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brookwood Elementary comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 72.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Brookwood Elementary has edged down 12%, going from 653 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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