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Suffolk City Public Schools

PO Box 1549, Suffolk, VA 23439

14.4K Students | 1,049 Teachers | 19 Schools | Under Desegregation Order

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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM
CREEKSIDE ELEM
DRIVER ELEM
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE
HILLPOINT ELEM
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE
KILBY SHORES ELEM
KING`S FORK HIGH
KING`S FORK MIDDLE
LAKELAND HIGH
MACK BENN JR. ELEM
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM
OAKLAND ELEM
PIONEER ELEM

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District Composition

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

1.7x

White students are 1.7 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

Black students are 3 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 2.1 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

students of Two or More Races are 1.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 2.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Segregation Index

Medium

Segregation between Black students students and White students is Medium, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district is relatively uneven

Segregation between White students and Hispanic students is Medium, indicating that the distribution of these two racial groups among schools in this district isrelatively uneven

Achievement Gap

1.6 grades

Black students are, on average, academically 1.6 grades behind White students.

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 0.5 grades behind White students.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.

AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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State

Students

67% Nonwhite Students

47% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

83% High School Graduation Rate

8% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

336 students

6% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

932 students

12% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

511 students

2% Students Enrolled in Physics

101 students

10% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

428 students

23% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

971 students

28% Students Enrolled in Biology

1,137 students

13% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

547 students

3% Students Enrolled in Calculus

115 students

3% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

474 students

Teachers & Resources

13.7 Students for Every Teacher

25% Inexperienced Teachers

48% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

7.7 Average Number of AP Courses per School

3.1 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

0 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

0 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

18 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

1 School With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.

Out-of-School Suspension Composition

This District

State

Students

1,556 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

11% of all students in this district

1,826 Total In-School Suspended Students

13% of all students in this district

0 Total Expelled Students

Outcomes & Resources

350 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

2.7Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

264 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

13 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.3 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights Title IX Coordinator

(i.e. sex discrimination)

Suzanne Rice
(757) 925-6750
Email

Civil Rights Title VI Coordinator

(i.e. race, color and national origin discrimination)

Suzanne Rice
(757) 925-6750
Email

Civil Rights ADA/504 Coordinator

(i.e. disability discrimination)

Diane Glover
(757) 925-6750
Email

All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

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School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Black students)	Discipline (Black students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM	Suffolk	95%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CREEKSIDE ELEM	Suffolk	76%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4x
DRIVER ELEM	Suffolk	48%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.3x
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM	Suffolk	77%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.8x
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM	Suffolk	60%	40%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE	Suffolk	48%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.1x
HILLPOINT ELEM	Suffolk	78%	58%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.8x
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE	Suffolk	82%	62%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	1.9x
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE	Suffolk	62%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.5x
KILBY SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	52%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.1x
KING`S FORK HIGH	Suffolk	72%	44%	77%	1.8x	4.5x
KING`S FORK MIDDLE	Suffolk	77%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.9x
LAKELAND HIGH	Suffolk	70%	51%	80%	0 Not available	2.9x
MACK BENN JR. ELEM	Suffolk	82%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM	Suffolk	65%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH	Suffolk	62%	23%	90%	1.9x	1.8x
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	58%	19%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OAKLAND ELEM	Suffolk	59%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
PIONEER ELEM	Suffolk	36%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Hispanic students)	Discipline (Hispanic students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM	Suffolk	95%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CREEKSIDE ELEM	Suffolk	76%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
DRIVER ELEM	Suffolk	48%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM	Suffolk	77%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	4.3x
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM	Suffolk	60%	40%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE	Suffolk	48%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.5x
HILLPOINT ELEM	Suffolk	78%	58%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE	Suffolk	82%	62%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE	Suffolk	62%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.5x
KILBY SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	52%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK HIGH	Suffolk	72%	44%	77%	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK MIDDLE	Suffolk	77%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	2.8x
LAKELAND HIGH	Suffolk	70%	51%	80%	0 Not available	4.3x
MACK BENN JR. ELEM	Suffolk	82%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM	Suffolk	65%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH	Suffolk	62%	23%	90%	0 Not available	1.8x
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	58%	19%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OAKLAND ELEM	Suffolk	59%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
PIONEER ELEM	Suffolk	36%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students)	Discipline (Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM	Suffolk	95%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CREEKSIDE ELEM	Suffolk	76%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
DRIVER ELEM	Suffolk	48%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	7.6x
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM	Suffolk	77%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM	Suffolk	60%	40%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE	Suffolk	48%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HILLPOINT ELEM	Suffolk	78%	58%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE	Suffolk	82%	62%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE	Suffolk	62%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KILBY SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	52%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK HIGH	Suffolk	72%	44%	77%	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK MIDDLE	Suffolk	77%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3.3x
LAKELAND HIGH	Suffolk	70%	51%	80%	0 Not available	0 Not available
MACK BENN JR. ELEM	Suffolk	82%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM	Suffolk	65%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH	Suffolk	62%	23%	90%	.5Less likely	0 Not available
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	58%	19%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OAKLAND ELEM	Suffolk	59%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
PIONEER ELEM	Suffolk	36%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Native American or Alaska Native students)	Discipline (Native American or Alaska Native students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM	Suffolk	95%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CREEKSIDE ELEM	Suffolk	76%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
DRIVER ELEM	Suffolk	48%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM	Suffolk	77%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	18.1x
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM	Suffolk	60%	40%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE	Suffolk	48%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	6.9x
HILLPOINT ELEM	Suffolk	78%	58%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE	Suffolk	82%	62%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE	Suffolk	62%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KILBY SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	52%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK HIGH	Suffolk	72%	44%	77%	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK MIDDLE	Suffolk	77%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LAKELAND HIGH	Suffolk	70%	51%	80%	0 Not available	0 Not available
MACK BENN JR. ELEM	Suffolk	82%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM	Suffolk	65%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	15.8x
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH	Suffolk	62%	23%	90%	0 Not available	0 Not available
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	58%	19%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OAKLAND ELEM	Suffolk	59%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
PIONEER ELEM	Suffolk	36%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

School Name	City	Nonwhite Students	Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch	High School Graduation Rate	Opportunity (White students are this number of times as likely to be in an AP class, compared with Two or More Races students)	Discipline (Two or More Races students are this number of times as likely to be suspended, compared with White students)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ELEM	Suffolk	95%	94%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
CREEKSIDE ELEM	Suffolk	76%	45%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
DRIVER ELEM	Suffolk	48%	30%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
ELEPHANT'S FORK ELEM	Suffolk	77%	84%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FLORENCE BOWSER ELEM	Suffolk	60%	40%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
FOREST GLEN MIDDLE	Suffolk	48%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
HILLPOINT ELEM	Suffolk	78%	58%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE	Suffolk	82%	62%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	3x
JOHN YEATES MIDDLE	Suffolk	62%	27%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KILBY SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	52%	46%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
KING`S FORK HIGH	Suffolk	72%	44%	77%	0 Not available	2.4x
KING`S FORK MIDDLE	Suffolk	77%	55%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
LAKELAND HIGH	Suffolk	70%	51%	80%	0 Not available	3.1x
MACK BENN JR. ELEM	Suffolk	82%	88%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND PARKWAY ELEM	Suffolk	65%	49%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
NANSEMOND RIVER HIGH	Suffolk	62%	23%	90%	0 Not available	2.4x
NORTHERN SHORES ELEM	Suffolk	58%	19%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
OAKLAND ELEM	Suffolk	59%	42%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available
PIONEER ELEM	Suffolk	36%	48%	0 Not Available	0 Not available	0 Not available

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology →

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology →