St. Helena Elementary

St. Helena Elementary operates as an intimate elementary-level community in Norfolk, Virginia, one of the schools within Norfolk City Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 229 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 499.

Within Norfolk City Public Schools, which oversees 44 schools and 26,807 students, St. Helena Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, St. Helena Elementary lists that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting St. Helena Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, St. Helena Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Virginia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.0%; St. Helena Elementary posts 45.0%, -16.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Norfolk city) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,109 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Norfolk city's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students), St. Helena Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Berkley/Campostella Early Childhood Education Center, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, St. Helena Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. St. Helena Elementary's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 283 (now 229). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 94% to 88% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for St. Helena Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.