Schools · Portsmouth
Portsmouth, VA schools
32 public, charter and private schools in Portsmouth. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Portsmouth’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Portsmouth’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
DTest scoresC-Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 18%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (213)Better than 9%
High confidence. Built on 3,133 tested students and a graduating class of 996; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Portsmouth City)34%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
86% graduate on time
Graduation rate
86%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
996
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #227 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Portsmouth
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Within reach
Colleges near Portsmouth
There’s no college in Portsmouth, but 21 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, 3.3 miles away.
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk3.3 mi1,011 students
Old Dominion UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk3.5 mi14,191 studentsTidewater Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Norfolk4 mi10,715 studentsNorfolk State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk5.7 mi5,260 studentsCentura College-NorfolkCareer school · For-profit · Norfolk7.8 mi193 students
Sentara College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Chesapeake8.9 mi283 studentsArizona College of Nursing - ChesapeakeUniversity or college · For-profit · Chesapeake9.5 mi
Fortis College-NorfolkCareer school · For-profit · Norfolk9.6 mi431 students
Virginia Wesleyan UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Virginia Beach9.8 mi1,494 studentsCentura College-ChesapeakeUniversity or college · For-profit · Chesapeake10.1 mi206 students
11 more within 30 miles.
Straight-line distance from the center of Portsmouth. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.
Every school
All 32 schools in Portsmouth
Showing 1–30 of 32 schools
Churchland ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 721 students
C+PublicChurchland Academy ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 626 students
DPublicCradock ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 616 students
DPublicSimonsdale ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 613 students
C-PublicVictory ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 586 students
C-PublicWaterview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 576 students
DPublicDouglass Park ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 510 students
D-PublicChurchland Primary & IntermediateElementary · Grades K–6 · 503 students
C-PublicBrighton ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 483 students
D-PublicHodges Manor ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 466 students
C-PublicLakeview ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 439 students
DPublicWesthaven ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 401 students
DPublicPark View ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 400 students
DPublicPortsmouth Catholic Regional SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 188 students
PrivateChristopher AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 183 students
PrivateToras ChaimElementary · Grades PK–7 · 100 students
PrivateTinker Bell DaycareElementary · Grades PK–K · 52 students
PrivateCourt Street AcademyElementary · Grades PK–3 · 21 students
PrivateChurchland MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 798 students
BPublicWilliam E. Waters MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 549 students
C+PublicCradock MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 516 students
C-PublicChurchland HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,453 students
B-PublicManor HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,149 students
B-PublicI.C. Norcom HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,009 students
CPublicMount Hermon Preschool CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 208 students
PublicOlive Branch Preschool CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 171 students
PublicChurchland Preschool CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 112 students
PublicNew Directions Center
PublicPortsmouth Christian SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 522 students
PrivateSweethaven Christian AcademyOther · Grades PK–11 · 179 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.