1
Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001688
Hermitage Elementary
1701 Pleasure House Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 · (757) 648-2600 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
236 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
67%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
76.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
74.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Hermitage Elementary
Hermitage Elementary's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermitage Elementary this school | 552 | 42.8% | 75.9% |
| Ferry Farm Elementary Fredericksburg | 555 | 44.5% | 72.6% |
| Bethel Manor Elementary Langley A F B | 631 | 45.5% | 85.9% |
| Magruder Elementary Williamsburg | 610 | 37.4% | 81.1% |
| J. Blaine Blayton Elementary Williamsburg | 481 | 43.9% | 72.3% |
| Indian Lakes Elementary Virginia Beach | 516 | 39.5% | 71.9% |
Matched among Virginia elementary 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 Hermitage Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #421 of 1,101 | #27 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #584 of 1,111 ▼ 58 | #35 of 54 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #440 of 1,111 ▼ 231 | #30 of 54 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #459 of 1,176 | #22 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #904 of 1,105 | #44 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #340 of 1,106 | #33 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #829 of 1,157 | #34 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #227 of 759 | #7 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
552
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 552 | 34.8 | 15.9:1 | 43% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 33.8 | 16.2:1 | 44% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 35.8 | 14.2:1 | 42% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 37 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 36.2 | 18.6:1 | 38% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 29 | 23.0:1 | 38% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 34 | 18.9:1 | 33% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 34% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 41 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hermitage Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (671 to 552); teachers down 4% (36.2 to 34.8).
About Hermitage Elementary
Hermitage Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school found in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school enrolls 552 students in pre-K through 5.
Hermitage Elementary is one of the 82 schools that make up Virginia Beach City Public Schools (64,731 students in total).
About 50% of students at Hermitage Elementary are White, the largest single group. It is also 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 11% multiracial. Virginia Beach city's residents are about 61% White, 11 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Hermitage Elementary are from different groups.
Staffing at Hermitage Elementary comes to 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.9:1. Elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Hermitage Elementary counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hermitage Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hermitage Elementary's results are within a point of predicted: 75.9% against 76.5%.
The county, Virginia Beach city, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $92,968, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 89, with about 64,731 students.
Hermitage Elementary's nearest public school is Shelton Park Elementary (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Hermitage Elementary places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Hermitage Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 552, close to the 539 recorded in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.6 to 15.9 over 4 years.
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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
Other Hermitage Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hermitage Elementary. Hermitage Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Hermitage ElementaryHermitage, TN · 291 students
- HERMITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHERMITAGE, AR · 217 students
- HERMITAGE ELEM.HERMITAGE, MO · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Shelton Park Elementary0.4 mi · 416
- Thoroughgood Elementary0.6 mi · 767
- Independence Middle1.4 mi · 1,193
- Luxford Elementary1.7 mi · 476
- Old Donation School1.9 mi · 1,377
- Bayside High2.0 mi · 1,984
Frequently asked questions
About Hermitage ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hermitage Elementary?
Hermitage Elementary enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hermitage Elementary serve?
Hermitage Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hermitage Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hermitage Elementary is approximately 15.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hermitage Elementary?
Hermitage Elementary reports a student body of 50% White, 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Hermitage Elementary?
Hermitage Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
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