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What's something Tanners Creek Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267002210
Tanners Creek Elementary
1335 Longdale Dr, Norfolk, VA 23513 · (757) 852-4555 · Norfolk city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Virginia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
528 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
62%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
58.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
53.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +22.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 22 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Tanners Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,063 of 1,101 | #27 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #995 of 1,111 ▲ 65 | #21 of 29 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #895 of 1,111 ▲ 130 | #18 of 29 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #532 of 1,176 | #9 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #331 of 1,105 | #14 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #501 of 1,106 | #15 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #27 of 1,157 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #552 of 759 | #23 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
517
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 517 | 40 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 38 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 98% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 39 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 34.2 | 16.3:1 | 99% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 76% (476) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 55 | 14.0:1 | 68% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tanners Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (557 to 517); teachers up 17% (34.2 to 40).
About Tanners Creek Elementary
Tanners Creek Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Norfolk, Virginia. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 517 students.
Tanners Creek Elementary is a school in Norfolk City Public Schools. The district has 44 schools and 26,807 students.
Of every 100 students at Tanners Creek Elementary, about 55 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Norfolk city, the Black share is about 40%. The diversity index for Tanners Creek Elementary is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Tanners Creek Elementary lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Virginia is 13.8:1.
On the allk12 Grade, Tanners Creek Elementary lands at F, ahead of 4% of Virginia public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Tanners Creek Elementary posts 40.4% against a 60.3% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Virginia.
The school is in Norfolk city, where the median household earns about $66,109 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Norfolk city, 54 public schools serve about 26,807 students.
Among nearby public schools, Norview High is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Tanners Creek Elementary places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
From 554 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 517 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 14.2:1.
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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
- Norview High0.4 mi · 1,585
- Norview Elementary0.4 mi · 412
- Norview Middle0.7 mi · 1,196
- Larrymore Elementary1.0 mi · 584
- Azalea Gardens Middle1.4 mi · 792
- Crossroads PreK-8 School1.6 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Tanners Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Tanners Creek Elementary?
Tanners Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tanners Creek Elementary serve?
Tanners Creek Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tanners Creek Elementary?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Tanners Creek Elementary.
How diverse is Tanners Creek Elementary?
Tanners Creek Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 26% Hispanic, 55% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Tanners Creek Elementary in?
Tanners Creek Elementary is part of Norfolk City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.