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What do you wish you knew before starting at Mary S. Peake Elementary?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000746
Mary S. Peake Elementary
57 Salina St, Hampton, VA 23669 · (757) 727-1075 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
373 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
67.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 66.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 →
Where Mary S. Peake Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #666 of 1,101 | #10 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #743 of 1,111 | #17 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #737 of 1,111 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #799 of 1,176 | #12 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #357 of 1,105 | #6 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #828 of 1,106 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #291 of 1,157 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #533 of 759 | #4 of 12 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 92% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 93% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 85% (343) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 85% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 90% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 77% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 74% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary S. Peake Elementary.
About Mary S. Peake Elementary
Mary S. Peake Elementary is a public elementary school run by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 404 students.
Mary S. Peake Elementary belongs to Hampton City Public Schools, a district of 30 schools and 19,472 students.
Roughly 72% of students at Mary S. Peake Elementary are Black. Other groups make up 10% multiracial, 10% White, and 6% Hispanic. County-wide, 49% of Hampton city residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mary S. Peake Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.0:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher below the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 92%. For comparison, public schools in Hampton city average 90%.
Mary S. Peake Elementary is 4.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (67.4% versus 63.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Virginia.
Hampton city has about 137,557 residents, and the median household income is $69,621, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Mary S. Peake Elementary, Hampton city has 35 other public schools.
Barron Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Mary S. Peake Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mary S. Peake Elementary at 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (402) to 2024-25 (404). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mary S. Peake Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hampton city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
137,557
Census ACS
Median income
$69,621
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
19,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton City Public Schools
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Phoebus HighHigh · 1,391 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
Nearby schools
- Barron Elementary0.7 mi · 397
- Albert W. Patrick III Elementary1.1 mi · 394
- Paul Burbank Elementary1.1 mi · 432
- Benjamin Syms Middle1.4 mi · 850
- Thomas Eaton Middle1.6 mi · 581
- William Mason Cooper Elementary1.7 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Mary S. Peake ElementaryHow many students attend Mary S. Peake Elementary?
Mary S. Peake Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mary S. Peake Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mary S. Peake Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary S. Peake Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary S. Peake Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mary S. Peake Elementary?
Student demographics at Mary S. Peake Elementary are roughly 10% White, 6% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Mary S. Peake Elementary in?
Mary S. Peake Elementary is part of Hampton City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.