Christopher Farms Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Christopher Farms Elementary instructs 626 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 499.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 64,731 students; Christopher Farms Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Christopher Farms Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Christopher Farms Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Christopher Farms Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 78.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Virginia Beach city put the typical household earns roughly $92,968 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Christopher Farms Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Floyd Kellam High, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Christopher Farms Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 84.0%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 708 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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