Deep Creek Central Elementary

Located at 2448 Shipyard Rd, in Chesapeake, Virginia, Deep Creek Central Elementary is a big elementary campus that educates 888 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Chesapeake City Public Schools. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 78% larger than typical.

Chesapeake City Public Schools runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 40,607 students. Deep Creek Central Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Deep Creek Central Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 30% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Deep Creek Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chesapeake city (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Deep Creek Central Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.0%, the actual is 85.0%, a residual of +3.0 points.

Around the school, Chesapeake city reports that median household income runs about $95,373, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Chesapeake city runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students), of which Deep Creek Central Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Hugo A. Owens Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deep Creek Central Elementary. On composite proficiency, Deep Creek Central Elementary comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 80.8%.

Deep Creek Central Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deep Creek Central Elementary has increased 25%, going from 710 students in 2018 to 888 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 50% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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