Thoroughgood Elementary

Thoroughgood Elementary is a high-enrollment primary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, one of the schools within Virginia Beach City Public Schools. The school hosts 767 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% larger than the state mean of about 499.

Across the 82 schools in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (64,731 students total), Thoroughgood Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Thoroughgood Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest looks like 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Virginia Beach city's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thoroughgood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.1%, the actual is 87.4%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household income runs about $92,968, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Virginia Beach city's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students), Thoroughgood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hermitage Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Thoroughgood Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 77.5%.

Thoroughgood Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Thoroughgood Elementary has grew 12%, going from 685 students in 2018 to 767 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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