Suffolk City Public Schools
Public school district based in Suffolk, Virginia. NCES district ID 5103710; state ID VA-127.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
22
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
14,565
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
996.6
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 546 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,048 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,061 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,063 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,156 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,052 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,063 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,030 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,063 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,069 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,188 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,107 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,114 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,005 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 1.4% | |
| Black or African American | 54.7% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2% | |
| Two or more races | 7.6% | |
| White | 26.9% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.6% | |
| Male | 51.4% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Suburb 3, Town 9, Rural 10.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's Fork High Suffolk | 9–12 | Regular | 1,686 | 104.0 | 16.2 | Town: Fringe |
| Nansemond River High Suffolk | 9–12 | Regular | 1,683 | 108.9 | 15.5 | Town: Fringe |
| Lakeland High Suffolk | 9–12 | Regular | 1,045 | 85.5 | 12.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| King's Fork Middle Suffolk | 6–8 | Regular | 986 | 72.0 | 13.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Florence Bowser Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 926 | 44.0 | 21 | Rural: Fringe |
| Northern Shores Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 798 | 41.0 | 19.5 | Suburb: Large |
| Hillpoint Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 780 | 39.0 | 20 | Town: Fringe |
| Creekside Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 764 | 47.0 | 16.3 | Suburb: Large |
| Colonel Fred Cherry Middle Suffolk | 6–8 | Regular | 736 | 62.9 | 11.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Mack Benn Jr. Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 713 | 44.0 | 16.2 | Town: Fringe |
| Elephant's Fork Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 653 | 36.0 | 18.1 | Town: Fringe |
| Southwestern Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 579 | 31.0 | 18.7 | Rural: Distant |
| John Yeates Middle Suffolk | 6–8 | Regular | 509 | 51.0 | 10 | Rural: Fringe |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Suffolk | 6–8 | Regular | 498 | 54.9 | 9.1 | Town: Fringe |
| Kilby Shores Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 494 | 29.0 | 17 | Town: Fringe |
| Oakland Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 464 | 26.0 | 17.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Nansemond Parkway Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 456 | 29.0 | 15.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Forest Glen Middle Suffolk | 6–8 | Regular | 433 | 35.0 | 12.4 | Town: Fringe |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary Suffolk | PK–5 | Regular | 362 | 25.0 | 14.5 | Town: Fringe |
| Turlington Woods Alternative Suffolk | — | Alternative | Not reported | 15.0 | — | Rural: Fringe |
| The College and Career Academy at Pruden Suffolk | — | Career and Technical | Not reported | 16.5 | — | Rural: Fringe |
| FIRST Academy Suffolk | — | Career and Technical | Not reported | Not reported | — | Rural: Fringe |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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