Regular local school district · Suffolk city
Suffolk City Public Schools, VA: schools, enrollment and spending
Suffolk City Public Schools runs 22 public schools with 14,565 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Virginia figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 22
- Students
- 14,565
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,003
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- VA: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 100 N Main St, Suffolk, VA 23434
- Phone
- (757)925-6750
- County
- Suffolk city
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5103710
- State district ID
- VA-127
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,221
- School counselors (FTE)
- 45.0About 324 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 51.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
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 (13,869), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $199.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $18.2 million
- State revenue
- $95.4 million
- Local revenue
- $86.0 million
- Total spending
- $188.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,620
- Salaries
- $100.7 million53.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.1%
- State: 47.8%
- Local: 43.1%
Virginia overall
- Federal: 9.0%
- State: 40.3%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,620
Virginia$15,293
United States$16,826
Schools in Suffolk City Public Schools
By level: 3 high, 5 middle, 11 elementary, 3 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Booker T. Washington ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 362 | 14.5 |
| Colonel Fred Cherry MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 736 | 11.9 |
| Creekside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 764 | 16.3 |
| Elephant's Fork ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 653 | 18.1 |
| FIRST Academy | ||||
| Florence Bowser ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 926 | 21.0 |
| Forest Glen MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 433 | 12.4 |
| Hillpoint ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 780 | 20.0 |
| John F. Kennedy MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 498 | 9.2 |
| John Yeates MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 509 | 10.2 |
| Kilby Shores ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 494 | 17.0 |
| King's Fork HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,686 | 16.4 |
| King's Fork MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 986 | 13.9 |
| Lakeland HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,045 | 12.3 |
| Mack Benn Jr. ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 713 | 16.2 |
| Nansemond Parkway ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 456 | 15.7 |
| Nansemond River HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,683 | 15.6 |
| Northern Shores ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 798 | 19.5 |
| Oakland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 464 | 17.8 |
| Southwestern ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 579 | 18.7 |
| The College and Career Academy at Pruden | ||||
| Turlington Woods AlternativeCEP school |
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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.