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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIRGINIA BEACH CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510384001724
White Oaks Elementary
960 Windsor Oaks Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 · (757) 648-4040 · Virginia Beach city
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Virginia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
356 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
76%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
68.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
78.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 White Oaks Elementary
White Oaks Elementary's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oaks Elementary this school | 653 | 54.5% | 71.4% |
| Yorktown Elementary Yorktown | 599 | 52.8% | 76.4% |
| Middle Road Elementary Prince George | 769 | 61.5% | 70.3% |
| Douglas MacArthur Elementary Alexandria | 680 | 42.6% | 74.4% |
| Tallwood Elementary Virginia Beach | 601 | 43.9% | 80.5% |
| Orange Elementary Orange | 621 | 60.4% | 66.6% |
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 White Oaks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Virginia Beach city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #543 of 1,101 | #34 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #472 of 1,111 ▲ 201 | #30 of 54 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #662 of 1,111 ▼ 279 | #44 of 54 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #259 of 1,176 | #9 of 55 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #305 of 1,105 | #16 of 55 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #28 of 1,106 | #5 of 55 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #784 of 1,157 | #29 of 55 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #147 of 324 | #5 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
653
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 1,033
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 653 | 51.1 | 12.8:1 | 55% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 61% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 48.5 | 14.0:1 | 53% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 646 | 39 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 56% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 34 | 19.3:1 | 48% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 44% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 61% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 1,033 | 57 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oaks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (601 to 653); teachers up 31% (39 to 51.1).
About White Oaks Elementary
White Oaks Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 653 students enrolled. That is 31% bigger than the average of about 499 students for elementary schools in Virginia.
Across its 82 schools, Virginia Beach City Public Schools enrolls 64,731 students. White Oaks Elementary is one of those schools.
White students make up 32% of enrollment at White Oaks Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 26% Black, 21% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Virginia Beach city's population at about 61%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 76%.
White Oaks Elementary reported 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Virginia have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Roughly 55% of students at White Oaks Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Virginia public elementary schools, White Oaks Elementary outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for White Oaks Elementary is -1.9 points: 71.4% actual, 73.3% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Virginia Beach city show that the median household earns about $92,968 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Virginia Beach city, 89 public schools serve about 64,731 students.
Parkway Elementary is the nearest public school to White Oaks Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, White Oaks Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 646 students in 2020-21 and 653 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 12.8:1.
This page is set up for the White Oaks Elementary community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other White Oaks Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named White Oaks Elementary. White Oaks Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- White Oaks ElementaryBurke, VA · 699 students
- White Oaks ElementarySan Carlos, CA · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Parkway Elementary0.4 mi · 465
- Green Run High0.6 mi · 1,465
- Green Run Collegiate0.6 mi · 390
- Larkspur Middle1.3 mi · 1,488
- Rosemont Elementary1.3 mi · 387
- Indian Lakes Elementary1.3 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About White Oaks ElementaryHow many students attend White Oaks Elementary?
White Oaks Elementary enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does White Oaks Elementary serve?
White Oaks Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does White Oaks Elementary have?
White Oaks Elementary employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at White Oaks Elementary?
Student demographics at White Oaks Elementary are roughly 32% White, 21% Hispanic, 26% Black, 5% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees White Oaks Elementary?
White Oaks 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.