Phoebus High

As a middle-of-the-pack high school in Hampton, Virginia, Phoebus High educates 1,391 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Hampton City Public Schools.

Hampton City Public Schools comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,472 students; Phoebus High is among them.

Looking at the student body, Phoebus High lists that Black students make up the majority at 65%; the rest consists of 16% White, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Hampton city as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Phoebus High higher than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Phoebus High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 79.0%, a residual of +16.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hampton city indicate median household income runs about $69,621, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hampton city runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,472 students), of which Phoebus High is one.

The closest other public school is Jane H. Bryan Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Phoebus High. On composite proficiency, Phoebus High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 72.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Phoebus High has grew 33%, going from 1,043 students in 2018 to 1,391 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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