Camelot Elementary

Set in Chesapeake, Virginia, Camelot Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Chesapeake City Public Schools. It enrolls 491 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 45 schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools (40,607 students total), Camelot Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Camelot Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Camelot Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chesapeake city (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Camelot Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

Around the school, census data for Chesapeake city shows the typical household earns roughly $95,373 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Camelot Elementary is one of 50 public schools in Chesapeake city (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students).

Nearest neighbor: G.A. Treakle Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Camelot Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Camelot Elementary at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 491 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 24% across the same window.

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