Willoughby Early Childhood Center

Students in Norfolk, Virginia, attend Willoughby Early Childhood Center, a small elementary school. It educates 181 students in pre-K. The typical figure for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students.

Willoughby Early Childhood Center sits within Norfolk City Public Schools, which has 44 schools and 26,807 students.

Willoughby Early Childhood Center has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 38%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 20% White, 12% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 40% Black, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 73%, meaning two students picked at random have a 73% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Willoughby Early Childhood Center operates with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Virginia have 13.8:1, compared with 9.5:1 here. Willoughby Early Childhood Center reports 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Norfolk city average 98%.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Norfolk city show that the median household income is $66,109, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Willoughby Early Childhood Center, Norfolk city has 53 other public schools.

Ocean View Elementary is the public school closest to Willoughby Early Childhood Center, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Willoughby Early Childhood Center holds at least 8 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Federal data show a 27% enrollment rise, from 142 in 2020-21 to 181 in 2024-25.

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