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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at FRANK W. COX HIGH this year?
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Enrollment
1,631
High
DISTRICT 1,689 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384002049
Frank W. Cox High
2425 Shorehaven Dr, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 · (757) 648-5250 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,631 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Virginia public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
428 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 430 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 406 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 413 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 382 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
94.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 89.0% |
| 2022-23 | 92.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
85.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 Frank W. Cox High
Frank W. Cox High's state test result (85.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank W. Cox High this school | 1,631 | 26.2% | 85.1% |
| King George High King George | 1,492 | 30.2% | 72.9% |
| Great Bridge High Chesapeake | 1,491 | 20.2% | 84.5% |
| Jamestown High Williamsburg | 1,243 | 24.9% | 79.0% |
| First Colonial High Virginia Beach | 1,727 | 31.0% | 81.9% |
| Jefferson Forest High Forest | 1,282 | 22.2% | 71.1% |
Matched among Virginia high 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 Frank W. Cox High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.1% | #43 of 311 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #103 of 316 ▼ 16 | #7 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #44 of 316 ▲ 17 | #3 of 12 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,631 | #99 of 325 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #294 of 309 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #167 of 309 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #269 of 319 | #11 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #61 of 178 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,631
-174 (-10%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,813
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,631 | 90.8 | 18.0:1 | 26% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 1,648 | 101.2 | 16.3:1 | 28% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 1,681 | 103.3 | 16.3:1 | 27% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 1,805 | 103 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,858 | 101.2 | 18.4:1 | 21% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 1,923 | 94 | 20.5:1 | 20% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 1,963 | 97 | 20.2:1 | 15% (298) |
| 2000-01 | 2,173 | 140 | 15.5:1 | 7% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 1,813 | 105 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frank W. Cox High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,858 to 1,631); teachers down 10% (101.2 to 90.8).
About Frank W. Cox High
In Virginia Beach, Virginia, part of Virginia Beach city, Frank W. Cox High is a high school. In all, 1,631 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 34% above the average of about 1,213 students for high schools in Virginia.
Frank W. Cox High falls under Virginia Beach City Public Schools, which has 82 schools enrolling 64,731 students.
About 65% of the student body at Frank W. Cox High is White. The remaining students are 12% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Virginia Beach city residents are about 61% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
The school lists 90.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. Statewide, high schools in Virginia average 13.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 26% of the student body. Public schools in Virginia Beach city average 49%.
Among Virginia public high schools, Frank W. Cox High outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Frank W. Cox High's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 85.1% is 4.2 points above the 81.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
American Community Survey estimates for Virginia Beach city show that median household income comes to about $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 89, with about 64,731 students.
Among nearby public schools, Great Neck Middle is closest at about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 84.2% proficiency; Frank W. Cox High posts 85.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Frank W. Cox High enrolled 1,805 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,631.
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Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Great Neck Middle0.8 mi · 1,039
- John B. Dey Elementary0.9 mi · 744
- Alanton Elementary1.2 mi · 632
- Trantwood Elementary1.5 mi · 561
- First Colonial High1.6 mi · 1,727
- Lynnhaven Middle1.6 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Frank W. Cox HighWhat is the total enrollment at Frank W. Cox High?
Frank W. Cox High enrolls approximately 1,631 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Frank W. Cox High serve?
Frank W. Cox High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Frank W. Cox High?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Frank W. Cox High.
What is the student diversity at Frank W. Cox High?
Student demographics at Frank W. Cox High are roughly 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Frank W. Cox High in?
Frank W. Cox High is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
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