Schools · Suffolk

Suffolk, VA schools

24 public, charter and private schools in Suffolk. Search by name or narrow by level, type.

C-School Grade #152Best schools in VA (of 219)#233Highest graduation rate in VA (of 249)

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Suffolk’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Suffolk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 80% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC-Graduation

Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 20%

Lower resultsHigher results

Virginia towns with similar household incomes (181)Better than 4%

High confidence. Built on 6,106 tested students and a graduating class of 990; 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 (Suffolk City)41%

State average 54.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

83% graduate on time

Graduation rate

83%

VA: 88.8%

Graduating class

990

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #233 of 249 VA towns →

Districts

The district serving Suffolk

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Suffolk City Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 22 schools · 14,565 students

$14,970 per studentVA $17,169C-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Suffolk

There’s no college in Suffolk, but 21 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Paul D Camp Community College in Franklin, 16.8 miles away.

Paul D Camp Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Franklin16.8 mi831 students

Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk21.6 mi1,011 students

Tidewater Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Norfolk21.7 mi10,715 students

Arizona College of Nursing - ChesapeakeUniversity or college · For-profit · Chesapeake22.4 mi

Sentara College of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Chesapeake22.4 mi283 students Old Dominion UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk22.4 mi14,191 students

Centura College-ChesapeakeUniversity or college · For-profit · Chesapeake23 mi206 students

Norfolk State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Norfolk23.2 mi5,260 students

Virginia Beach Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Virginia Beach25.1 mi23 students

Riverside College of Health CareersUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Newport News25.3 mi267 students

11 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Suffolk. 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.

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