Great Bridge Intermediate

Set in Chesapeake, Virginia, Great Bridge Intermediate is a mid-tier elementary campus, run under Chesapeake City Public Schools. It teaches 728 students across grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 499 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

Across the 45 schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools (40,607 students total), Great Bridge Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Great Bridge Intermediate shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Chesapeake city as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Great Bridge Intermediate lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Chesapeake city's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, Great Bridge Intermediate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 83.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 88.0%.

In the area at large, Chesapeake city reports that median household earnings sit near $95,373, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Chesapeake city runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students), of which Great Bridge Intermediate is one.

Great Bridge High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Bridge Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Bridge Intermediate at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 84.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Great Bridge Intermediate's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 728). Class-load math has fell: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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