College Park Elementary

College Park Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Virginia Beach, Virginia, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, with 496 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 64,731 students. College Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, College Park Elementary lists that 69% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, College Park Elementary lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting College Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, College Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Virginia Beach city) reports that median household earnings sit near $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Virginia Beach city's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), College Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodstock Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), College Park Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.3%.

College Park Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 63% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the College Park Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.