Crestwood Intermediate

Crestwood Intermediate is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Chesapeake, Virginia, run under Chesapeake City Public Schools, with 736 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 499.

Chesapeake City Public Schools runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 40,607 students. Crestwood Intermediate is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Crestwood Intermediate lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

On the income-and-resources front, Crestwood Intermediate logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Crestwood Intermediate higher than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chesapeake city (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Crestwood Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.1%; this one delivers 70.4%.

In the area at large, Chesapeake city reports that median household income runs about $95,373, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Crestwood Intermediate is one of 50 public schools in Chesapeake city (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students).

Nearest neighbor: Crestwood Middle, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crestwood Intermediate at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 744 students in 2018 compared to 736 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 9% to 19% over that span.

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