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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001116
Mary Calcott Elementary
137 Westmont Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23503 · (757) 531-3039 · Norfolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
403 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
69.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
75.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Mary Calcott Elementary
Mary Calcott Elementary's state test result (69.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Calcott Elementary this school | 404 | 99.8% | 69.4% |
| Axton Elementary Axton | 371 | 99.5% | 73.5% |
| General Stanford Elementary Ft. Eustis | 430 | 99.5% | 77.0% |
| Lakeview Elementary Colonial Heights | 422 | 95.7% | 66.9% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Kenbridge Elementary Kenbridge | 372 | 93.8% | 69.3% |
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 Mary Calcott Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #610 of 1,101 | #5 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #539 of 1,111 ▲ 75 | #5 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #632 of 1,111 ▼ 54 | #8 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #800 of 1,176 | #22 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #663 of 1,105 | #27 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #125 of 1,106 | #2 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #131 of 1,157 | #19 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #67 of 759 | #5 of 27 |
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
404
-88 (-18%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 404 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 32 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 98% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 33.9 | 16.4:1 | 52% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 43% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 46% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 618 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 42% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Calcott Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (557 to 404); teachers down 17% (33.9 to 28).
About Mary Calcott Elementary
Mary Calcott Elementary is a public elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 404 students on the rolls.
Norfolk City Public Schools operates 44 schools. Combined enrollment is 26,807 students.
About 36% of students at Mary Calcott Elementary are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 29% Hispanic, 21% Black, and 11% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
Mary Calcott Elementary reported 28 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.4:1. That is in line with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. There are 403 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Norfolk city is similar, at 98%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Mary Calcott Elementary outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Mary Calcott Elementary is 8.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (69.4% versus 60.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
For Norfolk city, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $66,109 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Mary Calcott Elementary, Norfolk city has 54 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Mary Calcott Elementary from the closest public school, Northside Middle. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mary Calcott Elementary ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Mary Calcott Elementary the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mary Calcott Elementary had a net loss of 88 students, or 18%.
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Norfolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
233,596
Census ACS
Median income
$66,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norfolk City Public Schools
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Other schools in Norfolk
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Nearby schools
- Northside Middle0.2 mi · 732
- Oceanair Elementary0.6 mi · 400
- Bay View Elementary1.3 mi · 500
- Crossroads PreK-8 School1.3 mi · 790
- Ocean View Elementary1.4 mi · 512
- Willoughby Early Childhood Center1.6 mi · 181
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Calcott ElementaryHow large is Mary Calcott Elementary?
Mary Calcott Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mary Calcott Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mary Calcott Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mary Calcott Elementary have?
Mary Calcott Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Mary Calcott Elementary?
Student demographics at Mary Calcott Elementary are roughly 36% White, 29% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Mary Calcott Elementary in?
Mary Calcott Elementary is part of Norfolk City Public Schools.
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