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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000754
Phillips Elementary
703 Lemaster Ave, Hampton, VA 23669 · (757) 850-5079 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Virginia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
390 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
65%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
72.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
76.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Phillips Elementary
Phillips Elementary's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Elementary this school | 435 | 89.7% | 75.4% |
| Seven Pines Elementary Sandston | 399 | 90.5% | 57.3% |
| Barron Elementary Hampton | 397 | 90.9% | 79.1% |
| Albert W. Patrick III Elementary Hampton | 394 | 92.4% | 62.9% |
| Perrymont Elementary Lynchburg | 377 | 93.4% | 43.8% |
| Heritage Elementary Lynchburg | 448 | 86.2% | 49.5% |
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 Phillips Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #428 of 1,101 | #7 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #509 of 1,111 ▼ 106 | #7 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #545 of 1,111 ▼ 35 | #9 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #738 of 1,176 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,001 of 1,105 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #415 of 1,106 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.7% | #338 of 1,157 | #17 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #177 of 324 | #2 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
435
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 90% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 84% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 22 | 18.6:1 | 47% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 26 | 17.7:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 43% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 31% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 29 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phillips Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (408 to 435); teachers up 18% (22 to 26).
About Phillips Elementary
Phillips Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Hampton, Virginia, under Hampton City Public Schools. In all, 435 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Hampton City Public Schools has 30 schools; together they serve 19,472 students.
Of every 100 students at Phillips Elementary, about 46 are Black, the largest group. The remaining students are 36% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Hampton city at about 49% Black, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Phillips Elementary lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 90% of the student body. Public schools in Hampton city average a similar 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, Phillips Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 72% of Virginia public elementary schools.
Compared with Virginia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Phillips Elementary's results are 11.7 points above predicted: 75.4% against 63.7%.
Census data for Hampton city show the median household earns about $69,621 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Hampton city number 36, with about 19,472 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Phillips Elementary from the closest public school, Kecoughtan High. The five-mile area around Phillips Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Phillips Elementary's average proficiency of 75.4% compares with 72.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Phillips Elementary had a net gain of 14 students, or 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 16.7 students per teacher, compared with 18.3 in 2020-21.
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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
Other Phillips Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Phillips Elementary. Phillips Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Phillips Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 607 students
- Phillips Elementary SchoolHarrisburg, PA · 393 students
- Phillips ElementaryNapa, CA · 373 students
- Phillips ElementaryPhillips, WI · 302 students
- Phillips ElementaryDes Moines, IA · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Kecoughtan High0.5 mi · 1,553
- Benjamin Syms Middle0.9 mi · 850
- Samuel P. Langley Elementary1.0 mi · 429
- Mary T. Christian Elementary1.1 mi · 313
- Albert W. Patrick III Elementary1.1 mi · 394
- Captain John Smith Elementary1.1 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Phillips ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Phillips Elementary?
Phillips Elementary enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Phillips Elementary serve?
Phillips Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Phillips Elementary?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Phillips Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phillips Elementary?
At Phillips Elementary, the student body is approximately 36% White, 6% Hispanic, 46% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Phillips Elementary public or private?
Phillips Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hampton City Public Schools.
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