Poquoson Elementary

Poquoson Elementary is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in Poquoson, Virginia, run under Poquoson City Public Schools, teacheing 475 students in grades 3 through 5.

Poquoson City Public Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,030 students. Poquoson Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Poquoson Elementary shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Poquoson Elementary has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 26% 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, Poquoson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.0%, the actual is 79.8%, a residual of -1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Poquoson city reports that the typical household earns roughly $120,972 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Poquoson Elementary is one of 4 public schools in Poquoson city (combined enrollment of about 2,030 students).

The closest other public school is Poquoson Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Poquoson Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 83.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Poquoson Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 482 students in 2018 to 475 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 93% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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