Hillpoint Elementary

Hillpoint Elementary is a primary school of roomy scale in Suffolk, Virginia, operated by Suffolk City Public Schools, serveing 780 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 56% larger than the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Suffolk City Public Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 14,565 students; Hillpoint Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hillpoint Elementary lists that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 18% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Hillpoint Elementary records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Hillpoint Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Hillpoint Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillpoint Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 59.9%.

Around the school, Suffolk city reports that the typical household earns roughly $92,666 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillpoint Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Suffolk city (combined enrollment of about 14,565 students).

The closest other public school is Elephant's Fork Elementary, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hillpoint Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillpoint Elementary has showed little movement, going from 762 students in 2018 to 780 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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