Churchland Academy Elementary

As an average-sized K-5 school in Portsmouth, Virginia, Churchland Academy Elementary serves 626 students from grades K through 6, operated by Portsmouth City Public Schools. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Churchland Academy Elementary sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Churchland Academy Elementary is one of 22 schools operated by Portsmouth City Public Schools, a district that teaches 12,905 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Churchland Academy Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 118% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Portsmouth city (around 101%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Portsmouth city put the typical household earns roughly $60,491 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Churchland Academy Elementary is one of 24 public schools in Portsmouth city (combined enrollment of about 12,905 students).

Nearest neighbor: Churchland Preschool Center, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Churchland Academy Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 684 students in 2018 compared to 626 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 82% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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