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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000737
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary
600 Concord Dr, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 825-4634 · Hampton city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
417 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Christopher C. Kraft Elementary
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher C. Kraft Elementary this school | 452 | 92.3% | 66.9% |
| Alfred S. Forrest Elementary Hampton | 499 | 88.8% | 64.3% |
| Robert S. Payne Elementary Lynchburg | 435 | 97.2% | 46.9% |
| Chase City Elementary Chase City | 396 | 94.9% | 58.1% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Hampton | 482 | 90.2% | 60.0% |
| Jane H. Bryan Elementary Hampton | 367 | 91.3% | 67.0% |
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 Christopher C. Kraft Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #678 of 1,101 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #627 of 1,111 ▲ 6 | #9 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #453 of 1,111 ▲ 260 | #7 of 20 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #701 of 1,176 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #790 of 1,105 | #15 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #667 of 1,106 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #294 of 1,157 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #676 of 759 | #9 of 12 |
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
452
+58 (+15%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 452 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 92% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 91% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 85% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 25 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 56% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 51% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 23% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Christopher C. Kraft Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (465 to 452); teachers up 11% (27 to 30).
About Christopher C. Kraft Elementary
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Hampton, Virginia. The school had 452 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Hampton City Public Schools has 19,472 students spread across 30 schools.
Black students account for 63% of enrollment at Christopher C. Kraft Elementary. Other students are 17% White, 13% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That is higher than the 49% Black share among all Hampton city residents. Christopher C. Kraft Elementary has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. Across public schools in Hampton city, the average is about the same, 90%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Christopher C. Kraft Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is 3.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 66.9%. Predicted: 63.0%.
Within Hampton city, median household income is about $69,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 36 public schools in Hampton city, with a combined enrollment of about 19,472.
The closest public school to Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is Cesar Tarrant Middle, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Christopher C. Kraft Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 452, 15% above the 394 of 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar Tarrant Middle0.6 mi · 737
- Alfred S. Forrest Elementary0.8 mi · 499
- Bethel High0.9 mi · 1,769
- George P. Phenix Elementary1.2 mi · 1,438
- Aberdeen Elementary1.2 mi · 482
- Mary W. Jackson Elementary1.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Christopher C. Kraft ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Christopher C. Kraft Elementary?
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
Is Christopher C. Kraft Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Christopher C. Kraft Elementary?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Christopher C. Kraft Elementary.
How diverse is Christopher C. Kraft Elementary?
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 5% Hispanic, 63% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Christopher C. Kraft Elementary in?
Christopher C. Kraft Elementary is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
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