Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy

Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy is one of the modestly sized primary schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia, part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, with 393 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 499.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 64,731 students; Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy records that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Virginia Beach city put median household earnings sit near $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Virginia Beach city's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Birdneck Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Seatack Elementary an Achievable Dream Academy ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 77.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 393 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 52% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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