Hickory Middle School, Chesapeake, VA: Phone & Mascot

Hickory Middle School phone & mascot

Phone: (757) 421-0468
Mascot: Hawks
Principal: Chad S. Foltz
Address: 1997 Hawk Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA 23322

Official school website ↗

Score breakdown

Compared against all 337 Virginia public middle schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

9.1 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 85.7% across all subjects — 89th percentile statewide.

9.0 · Academic progress

90% of students showed growth in reading and 88% in math — 89th percentile.

8.7 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 7.0% — better attendance than 86% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 9.0 for 2025–26, compared with 9.2 for 2024–25 — down 0.2.

Test scores by subject

Percent of students passing Virginia SOL tests, 2025–26.

This school Virginia average

Geometry

100%state 82%

Algebra I

100%state 86%

Civics & Econ

80%state 73%

Grade 8 Science

86%state 66%

Grade 6 Mathematics

75%state 66%

Grade 7 Mathematics

82%state 60%

Grade 8 Mathematics

86%state 62%

Grade 6 English Reading

87%state 73%

Grade 7 English Reading

88%state 73%

Grade 8 English Reading

89%state 74%

Source: Virginia Department of Education, School Quality Profiles — SOL pass rates, 2025–26.

Hickory Middle School & its school zone

Hickory Middle School is a public middle school in Chesapeake, VA 23322, part of Chesapeake Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Hickory Middle School are shopping this Chesapeake school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Chesapeake middle school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 9.0/10 — above the state average among Virginia's 337 public middle schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 9.2 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 85.7%, with standout results in Grade 8 Mathematics (86% vs a 62% state average) and Grade 7 Mathematics (82% vs a 60% state average). On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 90% of students showed growth in English reading and 88% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 7.0%, better than the 11.9% state median for middle schools.

For house hunters comparing Chesapeake school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Hickory Middle School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Chesapeake Public Schools before making a housing decision based on school zone.

How the VaHome School Score works

Test scores (50%): the school's SOL pass rate across all subjects, ranked against every Virginia public school of the same level.
Academic progress (30%): Virginia's growth rates — the share of students who showed year-over-year growth in English reading and in math — ranked statewide.
Attendance (20%): chronic absenteeism, ranked statewide (lower is better).
What changed for 2025–26: Virginia retired the accreditation “combined rate” we used for academic progress in 2024–25, so progress now uses the state's student growth rates. Virginia publishes no growth measure for high schools, so their 20% now goes to attendance. The year-over-year comparison at the top uses the score we published for 2024–25; part of a school's change can come from this method update.
The weighted statewide percentile maps to a score from 1.0 to 10.0: score = 1 + 9 × percentile. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.
Every input is public data from the Virginia Department of Education, refreshed each school year. No opinions, no black box — you can check our math.

Data: Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles (2025–26) · NCES. VaHome is not affiliated with VDOE, NCES, or GreatSchools.

At a glance

School district: Chesapeake City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Regular public school (open, non-charter)
Enrollment: 1,330 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 13:1
Classroom teachers: 99.2 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510081000297

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

88%

Mathematics

85%

Science

86%

History & Social Sci.

80%

Attendance

2025-2026

7% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Hickory Middle School

Hickory Middle School is a public middle school in the Chesapeake City Public Schools division, serving grades 6-8 at 1997 Hawk Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia. The school takes its name and setting from the Hickory community in the southern, more rural portion of the city, and NCES classifies its locale as "Rural, Fringe." Its athletic teams are known as the Hawks.

For the 2024-2025 school year the school enrolled 1,285 students and employed about 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio of roughly 13 to 1. Hickory Middle held Full Accreditation status from the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Hickory Middle ↗ — NCES ID, address, phone, grades, enrollment total and by grade, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, school type, race/ethnicity and free/reduced lunch counts2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Hickory Middle ↗ — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading/math/science/history), enrollment, demographics (econ disadvantaged, EL, SWD, race/ethnicity), chronic absenteeism, principal nameSOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Chesapeake Public Schools - Hickory Middle official site ↗ — Official website, mascot (Hawks), district2026

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

Hickory Middle School