Tussing Elementary

Set in Colonial Heights, Virginia, Tussing Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school, run under Colonial Heights City Public Schools. It hosts 652 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 499 students.

Within Colonial Heights City Public Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,971 students, Tussing Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tussing Elementary records that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 18% Black, 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Colonial Heights city as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Tussing Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 73.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Colonial Heights city put the typical household earns roughly $76,505 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Colonial Heights city runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,971 students), of which Tussing Elementary is one.

Colonial Heights High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tussing Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tussing Elementary has grew 12%, going from 583 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 69% to 55%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.