Luxford Elementary

Luxford Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools. The school hosts 476 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Luxford Elementary is one of 82 schools operated by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a district that teaches 64,731 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Luxford Elementary records that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 7% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, Luxford Elementary reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Luxford Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Luxford Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.8%, the actual is 65.1%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household earnings sit near $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Luxford Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Bayside High 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Luxford Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 77.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 540 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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