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Alumni: what's one memory from Kilby Shores Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 635 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUFFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510371001877
Kilby Shores Elementary
111 Kilby Shores Dr, Suffolk, VA 23434 · (757) 934-6214 · Suffolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
342 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 69 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
68.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Kilby Shores Elementary
Kilby Shores Elementary's state test result (68.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilby Shores Elementary this school | 494 | 69.2% | 68.6% |
| L.L. Beazley Elementary Prince George | 507 | 65.9% | 76.9% |
| Oakland Elementary Suffolk | 464 | 68.8% | 84.1% |
| Nansemond Parkway Elementary Suffolk | 456 | 69.3% | 72.9% |
| Sparrow Road Intermediate Chesapeake | 413 | 72.9% | 57.5% |
| C.C. Wells Elementary Chester | 606 | 77.1% | 66.8% |
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 Kilby Shores Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Suffolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #631 of 1,101 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #522 of 1,111 ▲ 3 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #690 of 1,111 ▲ 38 | #6 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #600 of 1,176 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,021 of 1,105 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #346 of 1,106 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.2% | #704 of 1,157 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #572 of 759 | #6 of 7 |
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
494
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 69% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 68% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 64% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 31.6 | 16.8:1 | 54% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 46% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 33 | 19.0:1 | 41% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 53% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kilby Shores Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (530 to 494); teachers down 8% (31.6 to 29).
About Kilby Shores Elementary
Kilby Shores Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia, located in Suffolk. Federal data show 494 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Suffolk City Public Schools, which runs Kilby Shores Elementary, has 19 schools and 14,565 students.
Black students account for 43% of enrollment at Kilby Shores Elementary, more than any other group. The remaining students are 36% White, 11% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Suffolk city residents are about 42% Black, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kilby Shores Elementary scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kilby Shores Elementary is 17.0:1, based on 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Kilby Shores Elementary counts 69% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Suffolk city average a similar 69%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kilby Shores Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 41% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Kilby Shores Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.6%, compared with a predicted 69.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Suffolk city, the median household earns about $92,666 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Kilby Shores Elementary, Suffolk city has 22 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Kilby Shores Elementary is closest to Forest Glen Middle, about 1.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Kilby Shores Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Kilby Shores Elementary as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment went from 496 in 2020-21 to 494 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 15.0:1 to 17.0:1.
Kilby Shores Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Suffolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,796
Census ACS
Median income
$92,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
14,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Suffolk City Public Schools
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Other schools in Suffolk
- King's Fork HighHigh · 1,686 students
- Nansemond River HighHigh · 1,683 students
- Lakeland HighHigh · 1,045 students
- King's Fork MiddleMiddle · 986 students
- Florence Bowser ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Northern Shores ElementaryElementary · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Glen Middle1.6 mi · 433
- Lakeland High1.7 mi · 1,045
- Booker T. Washington Elementary3.2 mi · 362
- Elephant's Fork Elementary3.7 mi · 653
- John F. Kennedy Middle4.3 mi · 498
- King's Fork High4.6 mi · 1,686
Frequently asked questions
About Kilby Shores ElementaryHow many students attend Kilby Shores Elementary?
Kilby Shores Elementary enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kilby Shores Elementary serve?
Kilby Shores Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kilby Shores Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kilby Shores Elementary is approximately 17.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kilby Shores Elementary?
At Kilby Shores Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 11% Hispanic, 43% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Kilby Shores Elementary public or private?
Kilby Shores Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Suffolk City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.