Greenbrier Middle

Greenbrier Middle operates as an average-sized middle school in Chesapeake, Virginia, run under Chesapeake City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 788 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Chesapeake City Public Schools, which oversees 45 schools and 40,607 students, Greenbrier Middle is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Greenbrier Middle logs that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 13% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Greenbrier Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chesapeake city (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Greenbrier Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chesapeake city put the typical household earns roughly $95,373 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Greenbrier Middle is one of 50 public schools in Chesapeake city (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students).

Greenbrier Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Greenbrier Middle at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 76.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenbrier Middle has ticked down 13%, going from 910 students in 2018 to 788 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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