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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001719
Trantwood Elementary
2344 Inlynnview Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 · (757) 648-4000 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL561 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
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
130 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 | 52 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
51%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
92.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
94.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 94 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 | 92.0% | 94.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Trantwood Elementary
Trantwood Elementary's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trantwood Elementary this school | 561 | 23.2% | 86.8% |
| Great Bridge Primary Chesapeake | 610 | 21.5% | N/A |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Forest | 567 | 24.5% | 85.4% |
| Matoaka Elementary Williamsburg | 595 | 23.5% | 82.5% |
| Robious Elementary Midlothian | 660 | 23.8% | 82.9% |
| Pole Green Elementary Mechanicsville | 527 | 20.9% | 86.0% |
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 Trantwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #122 of 1,101 | #8 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #40 of 1,111 ▲ 10 | #3 of 54 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #42 of 1,111 ▼ 16 | #2 of 54 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #443 of 1,176 | #20 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #856 of 1,105 | #40 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #741 of 1,106 | #47 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #996 of 1,157 | #45 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #273 of 324 | #11 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
561
+115 (+26%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 561 | 36.2 | 15.5:1 | 23% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 35.7 | 14.7:1 | 26% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 36.8 | 13.6:1 | 24% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 28 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 22% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 9% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 40 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trantwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (548 to 561); teachers up 25% (29 to 36.2).
About Trantwood Elementary
Trantwood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Its enrollment is 561 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Virginia Beach City Public Schools has 82 schools; together they serve 64,731 students.
About 68% of the student body at Trantwood Elementary is White. Smaller groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
A staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.5:1. Across elementary schools in Virginia, the average ratio is 13.8:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. The average for public schools in Virginia Beach city is 49%.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, Trantwood Elementary outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Trantwood Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 86.8% and a predicted 81.8%.
In the wider Virginia Beach city area, the median household earns about $92,968 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Trantwood Elementary shares Virginia Beach city with 88 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lynnhaven Middle, is about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 82.2%; Trantwood Elementary's is 86.8%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 26%, from 446 to 561.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Lynnhaven Middle0.8 mi · 727
- First Colonial High1.3 mi · 1,727
- Linkhorn Park Elementary1.3 mi · 514
- Frank W. Cox High1.5 mi · 1,631
- Alanton Elementary1.6 mi · 632
- King's Grant Elementary2.2 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Trantwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Trantwood Elementary?
Trantwood Elementary enrolls approximately 561 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Trantwood Elementary serve?
Trantwood Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Trantwood Elementary?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Trantwood Elementary.
How diverse is Trantwood Elementary?
Trantwood Elementary reports a student body of 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Trantwood Elementary?
Trantwood Elementary is overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools in Virginia Beach city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.