Chesterfield Elementary

Set in Norfolk, Virginia, Chesterfield Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under Norfolk City Public Schools. It hosts 325 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Chesterfield Elementary sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Chesterfield Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chesterfield Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 60.7%; Chesterfield Elementary posts 36.6%, -24.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Norfolk city indicate median household earnings sit near $66,109, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Norfolk city's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students), Chesterfield Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richard Bowling Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chesterfield Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Chesterfield Elementary's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 325). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 96% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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