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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001101
Jacox Elementary
1300 Marshall Ave, Norfolk, VA 23504 · (757) 628-2433 · Norfolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
592 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 79 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 86% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
36.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 12 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Jacox Elementary
Jacox Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacox Elementary this school | 596 | 99.3% | 32.5% |
| Southside STEM Academy at Campostella Norfolk | 686 | 98.4% | 42.0% |
| Discovery STEM Academy Newport News | 561 | 98.9% | 47.3% |
| Henry Marsh III Elementary Richmond | 512 | 97.7% | 34.5% |
| Richard Bowling Elementary Norfolk | 492 | 99.8% | 45.3% |
| Walnut Hill Elementary Petersburg | 574 | 93.7% | 36.9% |
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 Jacox Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,094 of 1,101 | #29 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,075 of 1,111 ▲ 11 | #26 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,100 of 1,111 no change | #29 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #367 of 1,176 | #4 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #452 of 1,105 | #23 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #1,027 of 1,106 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #173 of 1,157 | #28 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #356 of 759 | #18 of 27 |
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
596
+46 (+8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 596 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 99% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 44 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 46 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 100% (681) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 100% (719) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 94% (592) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 60 | 12.3:1 | 70% (520) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacox Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (684 to 596); teachers down 8% (48 to 44).
About Jacox Elementary
Students in Norfolk, Virginia, attend Jacox Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 596 students enrolled.
Jacox Elementary falls under Norfolk City Public Schools, which has 44 schools enrolling 26,807 students.
The large majority of students at Jacox Elementary, 87%, are Black. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. Norfolk city's residents are about 40% Black, 48 points below the school's share. Jacox Elementary has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jacox Elementary and a ratio of 13.6:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 99% of enrollment. Across public schools in Norfolk city, the average is about the same, 98%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Jacox Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Jacox Elementary trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 28.6 points (32.5% versus 61.1%), a bottom-10% result in Virginia on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Norfolk city, median household income is about $66,109, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. A total of 54 public schools operate in Norfolk city, serving about 26,807 students.
The school nearest to Jacox Elementary is Booker T Washington High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Jacox Elementary is 7th among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, Jacox Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Jacox Elementary went from 550 students to 596. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Norfolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
233,596
Census ACS
Median income
$66,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norfolk City Public Schools
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Other schools in Norfolk
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Nearby schools
- Booker T Washington High0.2 mi · 904
- Richard Bowling Elementary0.4 mi · 492
- Ruffner School0.9 mi · 576
- Lindenwood Elementary0.9 mi · 243
- P.B. Young Sr. Elementary1.0 mi · 241
- Chesterfield Elementary1.1 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Jacox ElementaryHow large is Jacox Elementary?
Jacox Elementary enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
Is Jacox Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jacox Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jacox Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jacox Elementary is approximately 13.6:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jacox Elementary?
Jacox Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 87% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jacox Elementary?
Jacox Elementary is overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools in Norfolk city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.