Regular local school district · Portsmouth city
Portsmouth City Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Portsmouth City Public Schools runs 23 public schools with 12,905 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 23
- Students
- 12,905
- Teachers (FTE)
- 941
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 801 Crawford St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
- Phone
- (757)393-8742
- County
- Portsmouth city
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5103000
- State district ID
- VA-121
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,308
- School counselors (FTE)
- 50.0About 258 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 59.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
Virginia14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (13,395), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $200.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $23.4 million
- State revenue
- $109.0 million
- Local revenue
- $68.1 million
- Total spending
- $186.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,932
- Salaries
- $101.8 million54.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 54.4%
- Local: 34.0%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,932
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Portsmouth City Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 3 middle, 13 elementary, 3 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brighton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 483 | 15.6 |
| Churchland Academy ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 626 | 15.7 |
| Churchland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 721 | 16.4 |
| Churchland HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,453 | 14.8 |
| Churchland MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 798 | 14.8 |
| Churchland Preschool Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 112 | 10.2 |
| Churchland Primary & IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 503 | 14.0 |
| Cradock ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 616 | 19.2 |
| Cradock MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 516 | 13.6 |
| Douglass Park ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 510 | 15.5 |
| Hodges Manor ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 466 | 15.0 |
| I.C. Norcom HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,009 | 13.5 |
| Lakeview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 439 | 13.7 |
| Manor HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,149 | 11.5 |
| Mount Hermon Preschool CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 208 | 10.4 |
| New Directions CenterCEP school | ||||
| Olive Branch Preschool CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 171 | 8.6 |
| Park View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 400 | 11.8 |
| Simonsdale ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 613 | 15.3 |
| Victory ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 586 | 15.8 |
| Waterview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 576 | 15.2 |
| Westhaven ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 401 | 11.5 |
| William E. Waters MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 549 | 11.9 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.