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What's something Suburban Park Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001140
Suburban Park Elementary
310 Thole St, Norfolk, VA 23505 · (757) 531-3118 · Norfolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Virginia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
417 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 49.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Suburban Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #898 of 1,101 | #12 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #894 of 1,111 ▲ 71 | #13 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #745 of 1,111 ▲ 157 | #10 of 29 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #778 of 1,176 | #18 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #343 of 1,105 | #16 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #602 of 1,106 | #19 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #89 of 1,157 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #430 of 759 | #22 of 27 |
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
415
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 32 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 452 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 98% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 33.1 | 14.0:1 | 99% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 99% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 35 | 17.0:1 | 75% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 68% (362) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 36 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suburban Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (464 to 415); teachers down 3% (33.1 to 32).
About Suburban Park Elementary
Among the schools in Norfolk, Virginia, is Suburban Park Elementary, a small elementary school. The student body numbers 415 students, from pre-K through 5.
The district, Norfolk City Public Schools, operates 44 schools serving 26,807 students.
Roughly 60% of students at Suburban Park Elementary are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 12% White, and 9% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 40%. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 13.0:1 here.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Suburban Park Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.8% for Suburban Park Elementary. The school posts 56.3%, 4.5 points below the prediction.
Among Norfolk city residents, the median household income is $66,109, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Suburban Park Elementary, Norfolk city has 53 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Granby High is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Suburban Park Elementary. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Suburban Park Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Suburban Park Elementary's enrollment declined from 440 in 2020-21 to 415 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Suburban Park Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Norfolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
233,596
Census ACS
Median income
$66,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norfolk City Public Schools
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Other schools in Norfolk
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Nearby schools
- Granby High0.5 mi · 1,980
- Granby Elementary0.7 mi · 464
- Willard Elementary1.2 mi · 441
- Crossroads PreK-8 School1.3 mi · 790
- Academy for Discovery at Lakewood1.6 mi · 739
- Norview High1.6 mi · 1,585
Frequently asked questions
About Suburban Park ElementaryHow large is Suburban Park Elementary?
Suburban Park Elementary enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Suburban Park Elementary serve?
Suburban Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Suburban Park Elementary have?
Suburban Park Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Suburban Park Elementary?
Student demographics at Suburban Park Elementary are roughly 12% White, 17% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Suburban Park Elementary?
Suburban Park Elementary is overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools in Norfolk city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.