King's Fork High

Set in Suffolk, Virginia, King's Fork High is a middle-of-the-pack high school, part of Suffolk City Public Schools. It enrolls 1,686 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 39% larger than the state mean of about 1,213.

Within Suffolk City Public Schools, which oversees 19 schools and 14,565 students, King's Fork High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, King's Fork High lists that Black students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Suffolk city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at King's Fork High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, King's Fork High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 69.5%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Suffolk city shows the typical household earns roughly $92,666 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. King's Fork High is one of 22 public schools in Suffolk city (combined enrollment of about 14,565 students).

Nearest neighbor: King's Fork Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around King's Fork High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts King's Fork High at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at King's Fork High has rose 12%, going from 1,501 students in 2018 to 1,686 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 26% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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