Parkway Elementary

Located at 4180 O'Hare Dr, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Parkway Elementary is a mid-sized elementary campus that teaches 465 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

Across the 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (64,731 students total), Parkway Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Parkway Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 7% Asian. By comparison, Virginia Beach city as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Parkway Elementary shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Parkway Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Virginia Beach city shows the typical household earns roughly $92,968 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Virginia Beach city runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), of which Parkway Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is White Oaks Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 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), Parkway Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 77.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 473 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 58% to 48% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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