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Deep Creek High School

2900 Margaret Booker Drive, Chesapeake, VA 23323 · Home of the Hornets

✓ Fully Accredited · 2024-2025
5/10
Below average
GreatSchools

Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE (sources cited below). Rating: GreatSchools.org, April 2026. School boundaries can change — verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

At a glance

School district
Chesapeake City Public Schools
Grades served
9-12
School type
Public
Principal
Kinyatta B. Garrett
Established
1908
Mascot & colors
Hornets · Purple, White
Enrollment
1,691 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio
14:1
Classroom teachers
121.39 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2024-2025)
NCES school ID
510081001832

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025
Reading
87%
Mathematics
87%
Science
80%
History & Social Sci.
67%
92%
On-time graduation (2021-2022 entering 9th-grade cohort (4-year))
3%
Dropout rate

College & career readiness

2024-2025
23.26%
Students in AP courses
5.95%
Dual-enrollment (college credit)

AP enrollment 395 students; dual enrollment 101 students (Virginia School Quality Profile, 2024-2025).

Attendance

2024-2025

12.2% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Deep Creek High School

Deep Creek High School is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) in the Chesapeake City Public Schools division, tracing its founding to 1908. In 2011 the school established a Science and Medicine Academy program. Its athletic teams compete as the Deep Creek Hornets in purple and white.

The school sits at 2900 Margaret Booker Drive in the Deep Creek area of Chesapeake, Virginia, in the southeastern part of the Hampton Roads region. NCES classifies its setting as a large city.

Athletics & activities

6
Track and field VHSL state championships

Notable alumni

DeAngelo Hall· NFL cornerback (8th overall pick, 2004 draft; Washington)Mike Scott· NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers, among others)Darren Perry· NFL safety (9 seasons) and longtime NFL assistant coachChris Crocker· NFL safety (drafted by Cleveland Browns, 2003)Ras-I Dowling· NFL cornerback (33rd overall pick, 2011; New England Patriots)James Anderson· NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers; 2006 draft)Darryl Tapp· NFL defensive end (2006 draft)Clay Rapada· Major League Baseball pitcherMichael Copon· Actor (Power Rangers Time Force, One Tree Hill)Deborah Coleman· Blues guitarist and musician

Contact

Phone
(757) 558-5302
Official school website ↗

Data sources

  • NCES Common Core of Data — Deep Creek High (510081001832) — NCES ID, address, grades, total enrollment, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, phone, race/ethnicity counts, free-lunch eligibility2024-2025 link ↗
  • Virginia School Quality Profiles — Deep Creek High — Accreditation, SOL pass rates, on-time graduation rate, dropout rate, chronic absenteeism, AP/dual-enrollment, demographic percentages, principal2024-2025 link ↗
  • Wikipedia — Deep Creek High School — Founding year (1908), mascot, colors, athletic state championships, notable alumni, Science and Medicine Academy historyn/a link ↗
  • Chesapeake City Public Schools — Deep Creek High — Official school website URL2026 link ↗

Figures reflect the 2024-2025 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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