📍 5501 Conduit Rd, Colonial Heights, Colonial Heights city, 23834
Tussing Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Colonial Heights, Colonial Heights city. The school has 623 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Colonial Heights City Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 71% of students are proficient in reading. 58% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Tussing Elementary enrolls 623 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 17% Black or African American and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 352 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 105 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 62 | 10% |
| Asian | 21 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
525 of the school's 623 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 525 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tussing Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-40, state senate district 11, state house district 66.
Tussing Elementary is one of 6 schools in Colonial Heights City Public Schools, based in Colonial Heights, Virginia. The district serves 2,971 students district-wide and employs 230 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 623 students, Tussing Elementary is larger than the district average of about 495 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large