Chesapeake Career Center, Chesapeake, VA

At a glance

School district: Chesapeake City Public Schools
Grades served: 10-12 (part-time; students remain enrolled at their home high schools)
School type: Public vocational / career and technical education (CTE) center
Principal: Kelly Kitchens
Established: 1967
Classroom teachers: 10.17 FTE
NCES school ID: 510081000285

About Chesapeake Career Center

Chesapeake Career Center is the career and technical education (CTE) center for Chesapeake City Public Schools, operating since 1967 at 1617 Cedar Road in Chesapeake, Virginia. Rather than enrolling students full time, it serves 10th- through 12th-grade students drawn from the division's comprehensive high schools, who attend for part of the school day to receive hands-on training in skilled trades and technical career fields. The Virginia Department of Education has awarded Chesapeake a $20 million grant toward construction of a new CTE center.

The center sits on Cedar Road in the Great Bridge area of southern Chesapeake, a suburban section of the city. Because it is a shared vocational facility rather than a standalone comprehensive high school, it does not field its own athletic teams and does not carry standalone accreditation, graduation, or Standards of Learning results; those academic accountability measures are reported at each student's home high school, which is why state and federal databases list its enrollment and demographic figures as not applicable.

Contact

Phone: (757) 547-0134

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Chesapeake Career Center — NCES School ID, address, phone, school type (vocational), status, locale, FTE classroom teachers; enrollment/ratio/FRL marked not-applicableDirectory 2025-2026 preliminary; staffing 2024-2025 official link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Chesapeake City Public Schools division page — Confirmed the career center has no standalone School Quality Profiles report card (not listed among division schools) — basis for null SOL/graduation/accreditation/demographicsAccessed 2026-07 link ↗
Chesapeake Career Center official website (Chesapeake City Public Schools) — Website URL, 1967 founding, service model (grades 10-12 from all seven Chesapeake high schools), principal name (Kelly Kitchens, via administration page)Accessed 2026-07 link ↗
WAVY News — Chesapeake Public Schools receives $20M grant for new career center — Context: existing center opened 1967; Virginia DOE $20M grant for a new CTE centerNews (accessed 2026-07) link ↗

Figures reflect the NCES directory 2025-2026 (preliminary); NCES staffing 2024-2025 (official) unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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