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Enrollment
744
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001691
John B. Dey Elementary
1900 N Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 · (757) 648-2440 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL744 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
155 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
41%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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
92.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 92 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 91.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
% 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
89.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 John B. Dey Elementary
John B. Dey Elementary's state test result (89.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John B. Dey Elementary this school | 744 | 20.8% | 89.4% |
| Three Oaks Elementary Virginia Beach | 706 | 17.4% | 85.3% |
| Thoroughgood Elementary Virginia Beach | 767 | 18.4% | 87.4% |
| Grange Hall Elementary Moseley | 724 | 15.9% | 84.0% |
| Great Bridge Intermediate Chesapeake | 728 | 16.1% | 88.0% |
| W.W. Gordon Elementary North Chesterfield | 628 | 17.7% | 87.9% |
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 John B. Dey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.4% | #68 of 1,101 | #4 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #72 of 1,111 no change | #6 of 54 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #111 of 1,111 ▼ 45 | #6 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 744 | #141 of 1,176 | #3 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,062 of 1,105 | #52 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.8% | #892 of 1,106 | #53 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #1,021 of 1,157 | #47 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #500 of 759 | #22 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
744
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 744 | 41.6 | 17.9:1 | 21% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 734 | 45.5 | 16.1:1 | 21% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 43.5 | 17.8:1 | 19% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 18% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 37 | 22.7:1 | 15% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 39 | 21.6:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 48 | 16.7:1 | 9% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 37 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John B. Dey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (817 to 744); teachers up 2% (41 to 41.6).
About John B. Dey Elementary
John B. Dey Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 744 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Virginia enroll around 499, and this school is 49% larger than that mark.
John B. Dey Elementary is part of a district of 82 schools: Virginia Beach City Public Schools, with 64,731 students.
More than half of enrollment at John B. Dey Elementary is White: 76%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 61% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, John B. Dey Elementary scores 41%.
A staff of 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.9:1. The gap from the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia is 4.0 students per teacher. By family income, 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Virginia Beach city is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, John B. Dey Elementary lands at A, ahead of 92% of Virginia public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, John B. Dey Elementary is 7.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 89.4%. Predicted: 82.4%.
In the wider Virginia Beach city area, median household income comes to about $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Virginia Beach city's 89 public schools enroll about 64,731 students and include John B. Dey Elementary.
About 0.2 miles separate John B. Dey Elementary from the closest public school, Great Neck Middle. The five-mile area around John B. Dey Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: John B. Dey Elementary ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 89.4% versus an 83.7% average.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 744, close to the 728 recorded in 2020-21.
The John B. Dey Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Great Neck Middle0.2 mi · 1,039
- Frank W. Cox High0.9 mi · 1,631
- Alanton Elementary1.9 mi · 632
- Trantwood Elementary2.3 mi · 561
- First Colonial High2.4 mi · 1,727
- Lynnhaven Middle2.5 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About John B. Dey ElementaryHow large is John B. Dey Elementary?
John B. Dey Elementary enrolls approximately 744 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does John B. Dey Elementary serve?
John B. Dey Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John B. Dey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John B. Dey Elementary is approximately 17.9:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John B. Dey Elementary?
John B. Dey Elementary reports a student body of 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is John B. Dey Elementary public or private?
John B. Dey Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.