Norview Elementary

Norview Elementary is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Norfolk, Virginia, overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Norfolk City Public Schools runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 26,807 students. Norview Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Norview Elementary logs that Black students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 6% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Norview Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Norfolk city indicate median household income runs about $66,109, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Norfolk city's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students), Norview Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Norview High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Norview Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Norview Elementary has edged down 4%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 12% to 23% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Norview Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.