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Which teacher or staff member at Ocean View Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001125
Ocean View Elementary
350 W. Government Ave., Norfolk, VA 23503 · (757) 531-3105 · Norfolk city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
503 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
74%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
64.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean View Elementary this school | 512 | 98.2% | 55.5% |
| Sewells Point Elementary Norfolk | 495 | 99.8% | 63.1% |
| Knollwood Meadows Elementary Newport News | 460 | 99.6% | 65.0% |
| Southside Elementary Dinwiddie | 446 | 93.3% | 60.5% |
| Lakeview Elementary Colonial Heights | 422 | 95.7% | 66.9% |
| Samuel P. Langley Elementary Hampton | 429 | 92.3% | 81.4% |
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 Ocean View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #910 of 1,101 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #950 of 1,111 ▼ 114 | #17 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #773 of 1,111 ▲ 68 | #11 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #548 of 1,176 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #441 of 1,105 | #21 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #73 of 1,106 | #1 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #213 of 1,157 | #32 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #98 of 759 | #7 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
512
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 512 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 98% (503) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 98% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 38 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 42.6 | 16.0:1 | 63% (432) |
| 2015-16 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 64% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 67% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 72 | 8.5:1 | 69% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 38 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ocean View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (681 to 512); teachers down 11% (42.6 to 38).
About Ocean View Elementary
Ocean View Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Norfolk, Virginia. The school has 512 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Norfolk City Public Schools is responsible for 44 schools, Ocean View Elementary included, with 26,807 students in all.
White students account for 33% of enrollment at Ocean View Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 29% Black, 21% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 43% of Norfolk city residents are White. The diversity index for Ocean View Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ocean View Elementary reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.5:1. That is in line with the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. There are 503 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 98% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Norfolk city is similar, at 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ocean View Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Virginia public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ocean View Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Virginia schools: 55.5% actual against 61.4% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Norfolk city show that median household income comes to about $66,109, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Norfolk city counts 54 public schools with about 26,807 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Willoughby Early Childhood Center, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Ocean View Elementary places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Ocean View 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, Ocean View Elementary had a net loss of 19 students, or 4%.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Ocean View Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Other Ocean View Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ocean View Elementary. Ocean View Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Ocean View ElementaryWhittier, CA · 668 students
- Ocean View ElementaryAlbany, CA · 563 students
- Ocean View ElementaryArroyo Grande, CA · 547 students
- Ocean View ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Willoughby Early Childhood Center0.2 mi · 181
- Oceanair Elementary1.1 mi · 400
- Northside Middle1.3 mi · 732
- Mary Calcott Elementary1.4 mi · 404
- Bay View Elementary2.0 mi · 500
- Crossroads PreK-8 School2.7 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Ocean View ElementaryHow many students attend Ocean View Elementary?
Ocean View Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Ocean View Elementary serve?
Ocean View Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Ocean View Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Ocean View Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ocean View Elementary?
At Ocean View Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 21% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Ocean View Elementary?
Ocean View Elementary is overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools in Norfolk city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.