Creekside Elementary

Creekside Elementary is an elementary campus of big scale in Suffolk, Virginia, run under Suffolk City Public Schools, caters to 764 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 499.

Suffolk City Public Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 14,565 students. Creekside Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Creekside Elementary records that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Creekside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.2%, the actual is 70.4%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Suffolk city shows median household income runs about $92,666, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Suffolk city runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,565 students), of which Creekside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is John Yeates Middle, roughly 2.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Creekside Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 77.2%.

Creekside Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creekside Elementary has declined 19%, going from 947 students in 2018 to 764 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 57% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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