Little Creek Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Norfolk, Virginia, Little Creek Elementary enrolls 583 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Norfolk City Public Schools.

Little Creek Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Norfolk City Public Schools, a district that caters to 26,807 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Little Creek Elementary reports that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 22% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Little Creek Elementary reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 101% of students at Little Creek Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Little Creek Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 48.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Norfolk city shows median household income runs about $66,109, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Little Creek Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students).

Azalea Gardens Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Little Creek Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.4%.

Little Creek Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 19% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.