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What's the most underrated thing about Samuel P. Langley Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMPTON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510180000758
Samuel P. Langley Elementary
16 Rockwell Rd, Hampton, VA 23669 · (757) 850-5105 · Hampton city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
396 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 | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
72%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
79.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
88.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% 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 18 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 Samuel P. Langley Elementary
Samuel P. Langley Elementary's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel P. Langley Elementary this school | 429 | 92.3% | 81.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary Colonial Heights | 422 | 95.7% | 66.9% |
| Southside Elementary Dinwiddie | 446 | 93.3% | 60.5% |
| William Perry Elementary Waynesboro | 447 | 94.6% | 44.1% |
| Lakeside Elementary Richmond | 397 | 89.9% | 60.8% |
| East Salem Elementary Salem | 378 | 88.1% | 72.9% |
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 Samuel P. Langley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Hampton city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #275 of 1,101 | #3 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #167 of 1,111 ▲ 142 | #2 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #355 of 1,111 ▼ 38 | #4 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #751 of 1,176 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #736 of 1,105 | #14 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #144 of 1,106 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.3% | #293 of 1,157 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #99 of 759 | #1 of 12 |
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
429
-82 (-16%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 92% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 88% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 82% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 570 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 51% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 47% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 28% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 24 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel P. Langley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (570 to 429); teachers unchanged (29 to 29).
About Samuel P. Langley Elementary
Samuel P. Langley Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Hampton, Virginia. The school enrolls 429 students, from pre-K through 5.
Samuel P. Langley Elementary is part of a district of 30 schools: Hampton City Public Schools, with 19,472 students.
White students are the largest group at Samuel P. Langley Elementary, with 40% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 27% Black, 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 37% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Samuel P. Langley Elementary comes in at 72%.
Teachers at the school number 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.8:1. Among elementary schools in Virginia, the typical ratio is 13.8:1. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Hampton city, the average is about the same, 90%.
After accounting for student poverty, Samuel P. Langley Elementary is in the top 10% of Virginia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 81.4% is 18.4 points above the 63.0% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Hampton city (population about 137,557), median household income is about $69,621, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Samuel P. Langley Elementary is one of 36 public schools in Hampton city, which together enroll about 19,472 students.
Albert W. Patrick III Elementary is the public school closest to Samuel P. Langley Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Samuel P. Langley Elementary is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Samuel P. Langley Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal counts put enrollment at 511 in 2020-21 and 429 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.5:1 to 14.8:1.
The Samuel P. Langley Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Albert W. Patrick III Elementary0.8 mi · 394
- Phillips Elementary1.0 mi · 435
- Benjamin Syms Middle1.0 mi · 850
- Kecoughtan High1.3 mi · 1,553
- Barron Elementary1.5 mi · 397
- Captain John Smith Elementary1.7 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel P. Langley ElementaryHow large is Samuel P. Langley Elementary?
Samuel P. Langley Elementary enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Samuel P. Langley Elementary serve?
Samuel P. Langley Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Samuel P. Langley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Samuel P. Langley Elementary is approximately 14.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Samuel P. Langley Elementary?
Samuel P. Langley Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Samuel P. Langley Elementary?
Samuel P. Langley Elementary is overseen by Hampton City Public Schools in Hampton city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.