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Enrollment
1,391
High
DISTRICT 1,504 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000755
Phoebus High
100 Ireland St, Hampton, VA 23663 · (757) 727-1000 · Hampton city
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,391 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Virginia public high schools
- B+Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,304 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 356 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 410 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 299 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 23% |
Student demographics
54%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
88.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
86.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.0% | 85.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Virginia's top 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 Phoebus High
Phoebus High's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebus High this school | 1,391 | 93.7% | 79.0% |
| Bethel High Hampton | 1,769 | 92.7% | 80.9% |
| George Washington High Danville | 1,248 | 93.8% | 53.4% |
| Hampton High Hampton | 1,301 | 92.2% | 78.6% |
| Lake Taylor High Norfolk | 1,107 | 93.0% | 59.5% |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury High Norfolk | 1,713 | 96.3% | 66.1% |
Matched among Virginia high 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 Phoebus High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #106 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #128 of 316 ▼ 62 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #122 of 316 ▲ 103 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,391 | #124 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #251 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #172 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.7% | #64 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.4% | #4 of 131 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,391
+256 (+23%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,231
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,391 | 86.5 | 16.1:1 | 94% (1,304) |
| 2023-24 | 1,417 | 87.2 | 16.3:1 | 90% (1,278) |
| 2022-23 | 1,365 | 85.3 | 16.0:1 | 86% (1,168) |
| 2020-21 | 1,135 | 87 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,043 | 93.4 | 11.2:1 | 62% (645) |
| 2015-16 | 1,120 | 98 | 11.4:1 | 53% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 1,319 | 69 | 19.1:1 | 50% (657) |
| 2000-01 | 1,322 | 94 | 14.1:1 | 38% (504) |
| 1990-91 | 1,231 | 97 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoebus High.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (1,043 to 1,391); teachers down 7% (93.4 to 86.5).
About Phoebus High
Phoebus High is classified as a high school. It is located in Hampton, Virginia. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,391 students.
Phoebus High is one of the 30 schools that make up Hampton City Public Schools (19,472 students in total).
At Phoebus High, Black students make up 65% of the student body. After that, the student body is 16% White, 10% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Census figures show Hampton city is about 49% Black. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Phoebus High's 86.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.1:1. On average, high schools in Virginia have 13.9:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%.
Phoebus High is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of Virginia public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Phoebus High are 16.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.0%, compared with a predicted 62.6%, which ranks in the top 10% in Virginia.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hampton city show that the median household income is $69,621, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Besides Phoebus High, Hampton city has 35 other public schools.
Jane H. Bryan Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Phoebus High. By average proficiency, Phoebus High is 4th among 8 schools close by.
NCES assigns Phoebus High the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Phoebus High's enrollment climbed from 1,135 in 2020-21 to 1,391 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 16.1:1, from 13.1:1.
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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
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Bethel HighHigh · 1,769 students
- Kecoughtan HighHigh · 1,553 students
- George P. Phenix ElementaryElementary · 1,438 students
- Hampton HighHigh · 1,301 students
- Hunter B. AndrewsElementary · 1,081 students
- Benjamin Syms MiddleMiddle · 850 students
Nearby schools
- Jane H. Bryan Elementary0.5 mi · 367
- Moton Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 226
- Mary T. Christian Elementary0.9 mi · 313
- Captain John Smith Elementary0.9 mi · 374
- Francis W. Jones Magnet Middle0.9 mi · 613
- Kecoughtan High1.4 mi · 1,553
Frequently asked questions
About Phoebus HighWhat is the total enrollment at Phoebus High?
Phoebus High enrolls approximately 1,391 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Phoebus High serve?
Phoebus High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phoebus High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phoebus High is approximately 16.1:1 (86 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Phoebus High?
At Phoebus High, the student body is approximately 16% White, 8% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Phoebus High public or private?
Phoebus High 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.