P.B. Young Sr. Elementary

P.B. Young Sr. Elementary is a small elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia. It teaches 241 students in pre-K through 2. Elementary schools in Virginia have about 499 students on average; enrollment here is 52% lower.

The Norfolk City Public Schools system has 44 schools and 26,807 students.

Roughly 90% of students at P.B. Young Sr. Elementary are Black. Other groups include 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Norfolk city residents are about 40% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 19%.

The school had 19 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. The school's 12.7:1 compares with an average of 13.8:1 for elementary schools in Virginia.

In Norfolk city, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,109 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting P.B. Young Sr. Elementary, Norfolk city has 54 public schools.

Ruffner School is the nearest public school to P.B. Young Sr. Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale data from NCES put P.B. Young Sr. Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, P.B. Young Sr. Elementary had a net loss of 87 students, or 27%. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.

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