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What advice would you give to incoming students at Thoroughgood Elementary?
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Enrollment
767
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001718
Thoroughgood Elementary
1444 Dunstan Lane, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 · (757) 648-3920 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL767 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Virginia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
18.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
141 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
89.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
89.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
87.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.1%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 →
Schools most like Thoroughgood Elementary
Thoroughgood Elementary's state test result (87.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thoroughgood Elementary this school | 767 | 18.4% | 87.4% |
| Three Oaks Elementary Virginia Beach | 706 | 17.4% | 85.3% |
| John B. Dey Elementary Virginia Beach | 744 | 20.8% | 89.4% |
| Great Bridge Intermediate Chesapeake | 728 | 16.1% | 88.0% |
| Hickory Elementary Chesapeake | 695 | 15.7% | 87.5% |
| Southeastern Elementary Chesapeake | 828 | 13.3% | 84.6% |
Matched among Virginia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Thoroughgood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #104 of 1,101 | #7 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #148 of 1,111 ▲ 22 | #9 of 54 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #113 of 1,111 ▼ 4 | #8 of 54 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 767 | #116 of 1,176 | #2 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,079 of 1,105 | #55 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #803 of 1,106 | #49 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.4% | #1,039 of 1,157 | #51 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #105 of 324 | #2 of 14 |
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
767
+212 (+38%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 767 | 41.6 | 18.4:1 | 18% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 19% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 749 | 39.5 | 19.0:1 | 19% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 34.6 | 19.8:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 35 | 20.3:1 | 18% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 29 | 22.3:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 15% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 39 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thoroughgood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (685 to 767); teachers up 20% (34.6 to 41.6).
About Thoroughgood Elementary
Federal records list Thoroughgood Elementary as an elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 767 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools is made up of 82 schools with 64,731 students in all.
White students account for 71% of enrollment at Thoroughgood Elementary. Enrollment also includes 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% Black. The school's White share is 10 points above the 61% share among Virginia Beach city residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Thoroughgood Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 48%.
Thoroughgood Elementary's 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 18%. That is lower than the 49% average for public schools in Virginia Beach city.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Thoroughgood Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Thoroughgood Elementary is +4.3 points: 87.4% actual, 83.1% predicted.
Census estimates describe Virginia Beach city this way: median household income is about $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Virginia Beach city number 89 and enroll about 64,731.
The next-closest public school is Hermitage Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Thoroughgood Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 87.4% versus a 77.5% average.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Thoroughgood Elementary saw enrollment rise 38% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio rose from 14.6:1 to 18.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Thoroughgood Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Virginia Beach city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
456,349
Census ACS
Median income
$92,968
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
64,731 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Other schools in Virginia Beach
- Landstown HighHigh · 2,152 students
- Kempsville HighHigh · 2,046 students
- Bayside HighHigh · 1,984 students
- Tallwood HighHigh · 1,890 students
- Floyd Kellam HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Ocean Lakes HighHigh · 1,834 students
Nearby schools
- Hermitage Elementary0.6 mi · 552
- Independence Middle0.8 mi · 1,193
- Shelton Park Elementary1.0 mi · 416
- Luxford Elementary1.2 mi · 476
- Old Donation School1.3 mi · 1,377
- Bayside High1.6 mi · 1,984
Frequently asked questions
About Thoroughgood ElementaryHow many students attend Thoroughgood Elementary?
Thoroughgood Elementary enrolls approximately 767 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Thoroughgood Elementary serve?
Thoroughgood Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Thoroughgood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Thoroughgood Elementary is approximately 18.4:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Thoroughgood Elementary?
Thoroughgood Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Thoroughgood Elementary public or private?
Thoroughgood Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.