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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000750
Paul Burbank Elementary
40 Tidemill Ln, Hampton, VA 23666 · (757) 825-4642 · Hampton city
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
392 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
52%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
67.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +9.0pp since 2022
Math
71.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +23.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 9 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 23 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% 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 Paul Burbank Elementary
Paul Burbank Elementary's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Burbank Elementary this school | 432 | 90.7% | 65.5% |
| Edwin A. Gibson Elementary Danville | 466 | 94.8% | 28.5% |
| Luther W. Machen Elementary Hampton | 430 | 95.1% | 65.5% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Hampton | 482 | 90.2% | 60.0% |
| Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy Virginia Beach | 393 | 86.8% | 60.0% |
| Williams Elementary Virginia Beach | 443 | 85.6% | 46.0% |
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 Paul Burbank Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #717 of 1,101 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #651 of 1,111 ▲ 129 | #11 of 20 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #680 of 1,111 ▲ 60 | #12 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #744 of 1,176 | #8 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #656 of 1,105 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #731 of 1,106 | #16 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #315 of 1,157 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #154 of 324 | #1 of 9 |
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
432
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
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 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 91% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 89% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 87% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 27 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 22.5 | 17.8:1 | 59% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 53% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 38% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul Burbank Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (400 to 432); teachers up 33% (22.5 to 30).
About Paul Burbank Elementary
Located in Hampton, Virginia, Paul Burbank Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 432 students in kindergarten through 5.
Hampton City Public Schools has a total of 30 schools and 19,472 students, Paul Burbank Elementary among them.
At 67%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Paul Burbank Elementary combined. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 10% White, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Hampton city residents are about 49% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Paul Burbank Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school reported 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is about 13.8:1. Eligible students account for 91% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Hampton city.
The allk12 Grade for Paul Burbank Elementary is C+. Compared with Virginia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Virginia, Paul Burbank Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.5% actual against a predicted 63.4%.
Federal survey data for Hampton city show that median household income is about $69,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 36 public schools operate in Hampton city, serving about 19,472 students.
The school nearest to Paul Burbank Elementary is William Mason Cooper Elementary, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of Paul Burbank Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Paul Burbank Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Paul Burbank Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Paul Burbank Elementary had 431 students in 2020-21 and 432 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).
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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
- William Mason Cooper Elementary0.7 mi · 386
- Thomas Eaton Middle0.7 mi · 581
- Luther W. Machen Elementary1.0 mi · 430
- Mary S. Peake Elementary1.1 mi · 404
- Barron Elementary1.8 mi · 397
- Albert W. Patrick III Elementary2.0 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Paul Burbank ElementaryHow many students attend Paul Burbank Elementary?
Paul Burbank Elementary enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Paul Burbank Elementary serve?
Paul Burbank Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Paul Burbank Elementary have?
Paul Burbank Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Paul Burbank Elementary?
Paul Burbank Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 13% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Paul Burbank Elementary public or private?
Paul Burbank Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hampton City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.