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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001699
Linkhorn Park Elementary
977 First Colonial Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 · (757) 648-2920 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
352 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 | 31 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
64%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
83.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% 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 Linkhorn Park Elementary
Linkhorn Park Elementary's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linkhorn Park Elementary this school | 514 | 68.5% | 80.4% |
| Pembroke Meadows Elementary Virginia Beach | 485 | 68.7% | 78.9% |
| Arrowhead Elementary Virginia Beach | 500 | 68.4% | 72.3% |
| Alanton Elementary Virginia Beach | 632 | 67.4% | 83.0% |
| Laurel Lane Elementary Williamsburg | 526 | 73.6% | 75.3% |
| D.J. Montague Elementary Williamsburg | 515 | 66.6% | 75.3% |
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 Linkhorn Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #303 of 1,101 | #20 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #354 of 1,111 ▼ 27 | #23 of 54 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #254 of 1,111 ▼ 69 | #20 of 54 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #540 of 1,176 | #30 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #399 of 1,105 | #24 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #425 of 1,106 | #36 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #714 of 1,157 | #23 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #280 of 759 | #10 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
514
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 514 | 38.7 | 13.3:1 | 68% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 36.7 | 14.3:1 | 65% (344) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 35.8 | 14.5:1 | 46% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 33 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 32.6 | 18.7:1 | 37% (227) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 33 | 21.0:1 | 24% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 37 | 21.8:1 | 20% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 22% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 41 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linkhorn Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (608 to 514); teachers up 19% (32.6 to 38.7).
About Linkhorn Park Elementary
Linkhorn Park Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Virginia, located in Virginia Beach. A total of 514 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Besides Linkhorn Park Elementary, Virginia Beach City Public Schools runs 81 other schools. The district enrolls 64,731 students.
Roughly 53% of students at Linkhorn Park Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Linkhorn Park Elementary's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Linkhorn Park Elementary operates with 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. About 68% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 49% for public schools in Virginia Beach city.
The allk12 Grade for Linkhorn Park Elementary is A-. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 82% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Linkhorn Park Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 80.4% actual against 69.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Virginia Beach city show that the median household income is $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city, enrolling about 64,731 students in all.
The closest other public school is Lynnhaven Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Linkhorn Park Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Linkhorn Park Elementary was 518 in 2020-21 and 514 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Lynnhaven Middle0.7 mi · 727
- First Colonial High1.0 mi · 1,727
- Trantwood Elementary1.3 mi · 561
- Alanton Elementary1.7 mi · 632
- Frank W. Cox High2.3 mi · 1,631
- Virginia Beach Middle2.4 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Linkhorn Park ElementaryHow many students attend Linkhorn Park Elementary?
Linkhorn Park Elementary enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Linkhorn Park Elementary serve?
Linkhorn Park Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Linkhorn Park Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Linkhorn Park Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Linkhorn Park Elementary?
Linkhorn Park Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Linkhorn Park Elementary?
Linkhorn Park Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.