Pembroke Elementary

As a mid-tier primary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Pembroke Elementary teaches 529 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Virginia Beach City Public Schools.

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

On the student-mix side, Pembroke Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Virginia Beach city runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pembroke Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 70.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household income runs about $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Pembroke Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

The closest other public school is Bayside 6th Grade Campus, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pembroke Elementary. On composite proficiency, Pembroke Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 78.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pembroke Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 532 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 48% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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