Mary S. Peake Elementary

As a close-knit elementary-level community in Hampton, Virginia, Mary S. Peake Elementary serves 404 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Hampton City Public Schools.

Within Hampton City Public Schools, which oversees 30 schools and 19,472 students, Mary S. Peake Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Mary S. Peake Elementary lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 10% multiracial, 10% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Hampton city as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Mary S. Peake Elementary shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Mary S. Peake Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Mary S. Peake Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Mary S. Peake Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hampton city put median household earnings sit near $69,621, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Hampton city's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,472 students), Mary S. Peake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Barron Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary S. Peake Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.3%.

Mary S. Peake Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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