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Which teacher or staff member at Cradock Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTSMOUTH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510300001252
Cradock Elementary
18 Dahlgren Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23702 · (757) 558-2811 · Portsmouth city
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
19.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
616 students
DISTRICT 101% · 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 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
41.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Cradock Elementary
Cradock Elementary's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cradock Elementary this school | 616 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
| Waterview Elementary Portsmouth | 576 | 99.7% | 36.4% |
| Coleman Place Elementary Norfolk | 551 | 99.6% | 40.9% |
| Katherine Johnson Elementary Newport News | 553 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| Lake Taylor Norfolk | 664 | 98.8% | 48.1% |
| Southampton Elementary Richmond | 473 | 98.3% | 42.3% |
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 Cradock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Portsmouth city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,083 of 1,101 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,076 of 1,111 ▲ 15 | #11 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,078 of 1,111 ▼ 42 | #11 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #327 of 1,176 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #1,088 of 1,105 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #719 of 1,106 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #118 of 1,157 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #217 of 324 | N/A |
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
616
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 988
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 616 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 100% (616) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 98% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 40 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 35.5 | 16.6:1 | 99% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 35 | 19.1:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 82% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 811 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 74% (597) |
| 1990-91 | 988 | 51 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cradock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (589 to 616); teachers down 10% (35.5 to 32).
About Cradock Elementary
Cradock Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Portsmouth, Virginia. A total of 616 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. Against the 499-student average for elementary schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 23% higher.
Portsmouth City Public Schools has 22 schools and 12,905 students, and Cradock Elementary is one of those schools.
At Cradock Elementary, Black students make up 67% of the student body. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 9% White, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Portsmouth city is about 51% Black. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Cradock Elementary, 32 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 19.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. That tracks the 101% average for public schools in Portsmouth city.
Cradock Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Virginia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cradock Elementary is 24.1 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Virginia.
In Portsmouth city (population about 97,190), the median household income is $60,491, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Cradock Elementary is one of 24 public schools in the county.
Cradock Middle is located about 0.5 miles from Cradock Elementary. The five-mile area around Cradock Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 52.3%, higher than Cradock Elementary's 36.8%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data show 626 students in 2020-21 and 616 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 19.3 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cradock Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Portsmouth city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,190
Census ACS
Median income
$60,491
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portsmouth City Public Schools
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Churchland HighHigh · 1,453 students
- Manor HighHigh · 1,149 students
- I.C. Norcom HighHigh · 1,009 students
- Churchland MiddleMiddle · 798 students
- Churchland ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Churchland Academy ElementaryElementary · 626 students
Nearby schools
- Cradock Middle0.5 mi · 516
- Victory Elementary1.1 mi · 586
- G.A. Treakle Elementary1.5 mi · 440
- Brighton Elementary1.6 mi · 483
- Douglass Park Elementary1.8 mi · 510
- William E. Waters Middle2.1 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Cradock ElementaryHow large is Cradock Elementary?
Cradock Elementary enrolls approximately 616 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cradock Elementary serve?
Cradock Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Cradock Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Cradock Elementary.
How diverse is Cradock Elementary?
Cradock Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 13% Hispanic, 67% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Cradock Elementary?
Cradock Elementary is overseen by Portsmouth City Public Schools in Portsmouth city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.