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If you could change one rule at Douglass Park Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 464 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTSMOUTH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510300001245
Douglass Park Elementary
34 Grand St, Portsmouth, VA 23701 · (757) 393-8646 · Portsmouth city
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% 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
15.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
525 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 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% larger than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
26%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
37.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-33.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% 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 →
Where Douglass Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Portsmouth city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,097 of 1,101 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,094 of 1,111 ▲ 15 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,097 of 1,111 ▲ 1 | #13 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #553 of 1,176 | #7 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #847 of 1,105 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.0% | #1,013 of 1,106 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #17 of 1,157 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #88 of 759 | #3 of 10 |
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
510
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 798
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 510 | 33 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 100% (528) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 98% (540) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 42 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 37.5 | 18.2:1 | 99% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 100% (758) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 92% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 798 | 46 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglass Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (683 to 510); teachers down 12% (37.5 to 33).
About Douglass Park Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Douglass Park Elementary serves students in Portsmouth, Virginia. Enrollment stands at 510 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
Besides Douglass Park Elementary, Portsmouth City Public Schools runs 21 other schools. The district enrolls 12,905 students.
The share of students at Douglass Park Elementary who are Black is 85%. The remaining students are 9% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Portsmouth city, the Black share is about 51%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
For every teacher at Douglass Park Elementary, there are about 15.4 students; the school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Douglass Park Elementary outscored 0%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Douglass Park Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.0%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Virginia are predicted to post 60.1%, so the school is 33.1 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
American Community Survey estimates for Portsmouth city show that median household income comes to about $60,491, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 24, with about 12,905 students.
Victory Elementary, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Douglass Park Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 6% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.0:1 to 15.4:1.
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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
- Victory Elementary0.8 mi · 586
- Westhaven Elementary0.9 mi · 401
- Mount Hermon Preschool Center1.3 mi · 208
- Brighton Elementary1.6 mi · 483
- Cradock Middle1.6 mi · 516
- Simonsdale Elementary1.6 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Douglass Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Douglass Park Elementary?
Douglass Park Elementary enrolls approximately 510 students in grades KG-06.
Is Douglass Park Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Douglass Park Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Douglass Park Elementary have?
Douglass Park Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Douglass Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Douglass Park Elementary are roughly 2% White, 9% Hispanic, 85% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Douglass Park Elementary public or private?
Douglass Park Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portsmouth City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.