Frank W. Cox High

Frank W. Cox High operates as a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in Virginia Beach, Virginia, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,631 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Frank W. Cox High sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

Frank W. Cox High is one of 82 schools operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district that instructs 64,731 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Frank W. Cox High shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Frank W. Cox High has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Frank W. Cox High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 85.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household earnings sit near $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Frank W. Cox High is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: Great Neck Middle, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Frank W. Cox High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 84.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 1,858 students in 2018 compared to 1,631 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 65% over that span.

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