Jolliff Middle

Located at 1021 Jolliff Rd., in Chesapeake, Virginia, Jolliff Middle is a middle-of-the-pack middle school that teaches 753 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Chesapeake City Public Schools.

Within Chesapeake City Public Schools, which oversees 45 schools and 40,607 students, Jolliff Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Jolliff Middle shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 34% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Chesapeake city's rate of about 49%.

After controlling for student poverty, Jolliff Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.0%, the actual is 77.9%, a residual of +9.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Chesapeake city) records that the typical household earns roughly $95,373 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Chesapeake city runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 40,607 students), of which Jolliff Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Southwestern Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jolliff Middle at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 62.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 753 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 41% to 34%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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