Churchland Primary & Intermediate

Churchland Primary & Intermediate is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Portsmouth, Virginia, overseen by Portsmouth City Public Schools, serveing 503 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 22 schools in Portsmouth City Public Schools (12,905 students total), Churchland Primary & Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Churchland Primary & Intermediate reports that Black students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 12% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 51%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Churchland Primary & Intermediate has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Churchland Primary & Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Portsmouth city shows the typical household earns roughly $60,491 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Portsmouth city's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,905 students), Churchland Primary & Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Churchland Preschool Center, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Churchland Primary & Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Churchland Primary & Intermediate at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 73.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Churchland Primary & Intermediate has decreased 7%, going from 543 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 84% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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