Tanners Creek Elementary

Tanners Creek Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school in Norfolk, Virginia, run under Norfolk City Public Schools. The school hosts 517 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tanners Creek Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Norfolk City Public Schools, a district that teaches 26,807 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tanners Creek Elementary reports that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Tanners Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 102% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tanners Creek Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.3%; actual is 40.4%, a gap of -19.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Norfolk city indicate median household income runs about $66,109, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Tanners Creek Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students).

Norview High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tanners Creek Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

Tanners Creek Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tanners Creek Elementary has ticked down 7%, going from 557 students in 2018 to 517 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 15% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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