📍 109 Benefit Road, Chesapeake, Chesapeake city, 23322
Hickory Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chesapeake, Chesapeake city. The school has 585 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Chesapeake City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. 82% of students are proficient in reading. 84% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hickory Elementary enrolls 585 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 36 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 412 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 49 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
110 of the school's 585 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 75 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hickory Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-20, state senate district 14, state house district 81.
Hickory Elementary is one of 48 schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools, based in Chesapeake, Virginia. The district serves 40,607 students district-wide and employs 2,946 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 585 students, Hickory Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 846 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe