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What advice would you give to incoming students at PHOEBUS HIGH?
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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,391
+348 (+33%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 11.2:1
% White
16%
was 19%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
65%
was 68%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
On this page, the feed for Phoebus High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.