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What's one thing Elephant's Fork Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 635 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUFFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510371001876
Elephant's Fork Elementary
2316 William Reid Dr, Suffolk, VA 23434 · (757) 923-5250 · Suffolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
451 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
60.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
57.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 down about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Elephant's Fork Elementary
Elephant's Fork Elementary's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant's Fork Elementary this school | 653 | 69.1% | 55.8% |
| Mack Benn Jr. Elementary Suffolk | 713 | 69.3% | 59.1% |
| Hillpoint Elementary Suffolk | 780 | 69.2% | 59.9% |
| Ettrick Elementary Ettrick | 560 | 75.2% | 65.4% |
| Creekside Elementary Suffolk | 764 | 69.4% | 70.4% |
| Southwestern Elementary Chesapeake | 549 | 74.1% | 72.4% |
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 Elephant's Fork Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Suffolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #907 of 1,101 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #938 of 1,111 ▼ 96 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #859 of 1,111 ▼ 63 | #10 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #258 of 1,176 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,069 of 1,105 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #678 of 1,106 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #708 of 1,157 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #130 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
653
+135 (+26%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 653 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 69% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 69% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 599 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 65% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 39 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 92% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 84% (530) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | 67% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 57% (400) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elephant's Fork Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (594 to 653); teachers down 14% (42 to 36).
About Elephant's Fork Elementary
Elephant's Fork Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Suffolk City Public Schools, located in Suffolk, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 653 students. The average among elementary schools in Virginia is roughly 499 students; this school is 31% above that.
The district, Suffolk City Public Schools, has 14,565 students enrolled across 19 schools.
Roughly 62% of students at Elephant's Fork Elementary are Black. Other groups make up 21% White, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 42% of Suffolk city residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.1:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Elephant's Fork Elementary is 69%. That tracks the 69% average for public schools in Suffolk city.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.3% for Elephant's Fork Elementary. The school posts 55.8%, 13.6 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Suffolk city, the median household income is $92,666, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Suffolk city is home to 22 public schools and about 14,565 public school students.
King's Fork High is located about 1.3 miles from Elephant's Fork Elementary. The five-mile area around Elephant's Fork Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 62.2% proficiency; Elephant's Fork Elementary posts 55.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 135 more students in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.3:1 in 2020-21, and 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Suffolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,796
Census ACS
Median income
$92,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
14,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Suffolk City Public Schools
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Other schools in Suffolk
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Nearby schools
- King's Fork High1.3 mi · 1,686
- King's Fork Middle1.5 mi · 986
- Hillpoint Elementary1.5 mi · 780
- Mack Benn Jr. Elementary2.8 mi · 713
- John F. Kennedy Middle3.0 mi · 498
- Booker T. Washington Elementary3.2 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About Elephant's Fork ElementaryHow large is Elephant's Fork Elementary?
Elephant's Fork Elementary enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
Is Elephant's Fork Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elephant's Fork Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elephant's Fork Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elephant's Fork Elementary is approximately 18.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Elephant's Fork Elementary?
Elephant's Fork Elementary reports a student body of 21% White, 9% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Elephant's Fork Elementary?
Elephant's Fork Elementary is overseen by Suffolk City Public Schools in Suffolk city.
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