Holland Elementary

Holland Elementary is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one of the schools within Virginia Beach City Public Schools, enrolling 435 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 82 schools in total, collectively educating 64,731 students. Holland Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Holland Elementary records that 40% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 101% of students at Holland Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Virginia Beach city (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Holland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.6%; this one delivers 67.1%.

In the broader community, 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 roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Holland Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: Green Run Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Holland Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 73.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 435 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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