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Southwestern Elem School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
150 Pioneer Rd
Suffolk, VA 23437
Phone
(757) 925-5782
District
SUFFOLK CITY PBLC SCHS
County
SUFFOLK CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
548
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.7% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Southwestern Elem School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
71%
67%
74%
68%
68%
67%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
77%
69%
77%
72%
76%
66%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

80 60 40 20 0
63%
68%
65%
72%
61%
64%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 29 5.3%
Kindergarten 70 12.8%
Grade 1 79 14.4%
Grade 2 91 16.6%
Grade 3 88 16.1%
Grade 4 97 17.7%
Grade 5 94 17.2%
Total 548 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 65.7% 31.5% 49.0%
Black 27.1% 59.0% 23.4%
Hispanic 6.6% 7.4% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 1.6% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.5% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 53.1% 50.5% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 46.2% 46.1% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.9% 4.4% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 93,268 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 226.7 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.2% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.1% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,249 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 9.0% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 31.0% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.8% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.2% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.0% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.4% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.1% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 7.5% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,268 $104,092,296 59.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $447 $6,401,934 3.6%
Staff $556 $7,963,032 4.5%
General Administration $99 $1,417,878 0.8%
School Administration $624 $8,936,928 5.1%
Operation $1,103 $15,797,166 9.0%
Transportation $517 $7,404,474 4.2%
Other $173 $2,477,706 1.4%
Total Support $3,518 $50,384,796 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,467 $21,010,374 12.0%
Total Expenditures $12,253 $175,487,466 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,122 $10,150,830,466 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $899,115,816 4.8%
Staff $956 $1,195,311,652 6.4%
General Administration $235 $293,181,354 1.6%
School Administration $785 $981,688,258 5.3%
Operation $1,172 $1,464,732,040 7.8%
Transportation $669 $836,467,381 4.5%
Other $242 $303,024,403 1.6%
Total Support $4,780 $5,973,544,662 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,052 $2,564,076,445 13.7%
Total Expenditures $14,953 $18,688,464,433 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%