Francis Asbury Elementary

As a modestly sized elementary-level community in Hampton, Virginia, Francis Asbury Elementary instructs 409 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Hampton City Public Schools.

Francis Asbury Elementary is one of 30 schools operated by Hampton City Public Schools, a district that instructs 19,472 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Francis Asbury Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 34% Black, 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Francis Asbury Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Francis Asbury Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Francis Asbury Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.7%; this one delivers 71.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hampton city indicate median household income runs about $69,621, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hampton city's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,472 students), Francis Asbury Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Phillips Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Francis Asbury Elementary. On composite proficiency, Francis Asbury Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 72.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Francis Asbury Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 419 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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