Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000745
Mary T. Christian Elementary
2009 Andrews Blvd, Hampton, VA 23663 · (757) 850-5092 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
283 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
0
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 | 12 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
61%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
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SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
Math
64.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 11 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 →
Schools most like Mary T. Christian Elementary
Mary T. Christian Elementary's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary T. Christian Elementary this school | 313 | 90.4% | 64.1% |
| Anthony P. Mehfoud Elementary Richmond | 330 | 89.7% | N/A |
| Sandusky Elementary Lynchburg | 316 | 93.4% | 61.1% |
| Mary W. Jackson Elementary Hampton | 343 | 95.6% | 90.6% |
| Park Avenue Elementary Danville | 361 | 95.0% | 46.3% |
| Jane H. Bryan Elementary Hampton | 367 | 91.3% | 67.0% |
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 T. Christian Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #740 of 1,101 | #17 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #809 of 1,111 ▼ 94 | #19 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #869 of 1,111 ▼ 33 | #19 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #955 of 1,176 | #19 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #181 of 1,105 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #537 of 1,106 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #321 of 1,157 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #589 of 759 | #5 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. 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
313
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 313 | 26 | 12.0:1 | 90% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 87% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 83% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 87% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 90% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 21 | 13.5:1 | 71% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 31 | 17.5:1 | 60% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary T. Christian Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (333 to 313); teachers up 24% (21 to 26).
About Mary T. Christian Elementary
Mary T. Christian Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school located in Hampton, Virginia. It has an enrollment of 313 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
The district for Mary T. Christian Elementary is Hampton City Public Schools, with 30 schools and 19,472 students.
About 57% of the student body at Mary T. Christian Elementary is Black. The remaining students are 16% White, 14% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 12.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Mary T. Christian Elementary, which has 26. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Mary T. Christian Elementary is about 90%. The figure for public schools in Hampton city is close, at 90%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mary T. Christian Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.1% actual, 63.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Virginia.
For Hampton city, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $69,621, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 36 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,472, Mary T. Christian Elementary among them.
The closest school to Mary T. Christian Elementary is Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Mary T. Christian Elementary is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 320 students in 2020-21 and 313 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 16.0:1 to 12.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle0.3 mi · 613
- Kecoughtan High0.7 mi · 1,553
- Captain John Smith Elementary0.7 mi · 374
- Phoebus High0.9 mi · 1,391
- Phillips Elementary1.1 mi · 435
- Benjamin Syms Middle1.1 mi · 850
Frequently asked questions
About Mary T. Christian ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mary T. Christian Elementary?
Mary T. Christian Elementary enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mary T. Christian Elementary serve?
Mary T. Christian Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mary T. Christian Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mary T. Christian Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mary T. Christian Elementary?
Mary T. Christian Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 12% Hispanic, 57% Black, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Mary T. Christian Elementary?
Mary T. Christian Elementary is overseen by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton city.
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