Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, Chesapeake, VA

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School phone & website

Phone: (757) 494-7515
Principal: Jennifer Sagendorf
Address: 2706 Border Road, Chesapeake, VA 23324

Score breakdown

Compared against all 1,074 Virginia public elementary schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

1.8 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 50.8% across all subjects — 9th percentile statewide.

2.1 · Academic progress

69% of students showed growth in reading and 67% in math — 13th percentile.

1.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 28.5% — better attendance than 1% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.8 for 2025–26, compared with 2.4 for 2024–25 — down 0.6.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average

Grade 5 Science

36%state 69%

Virginia Studies

52%state 71%

Grade 3 Mathematics

55%state 74%

Grade 4 Mathematics

60%state 73%

Grade 5 Mathematics

46%state 72%

Grade 3 English Reading

42%state 68%

Grade 4 English Reading

59%state 74%

Grade 5 English Reading

53%state 73%

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

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School & its school zone

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School serves Chesapeake, VA 23324 students as a public elementary school in Chesapeake Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Thurgood Marshall Elementary School are shopping this Chesapeake school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Chesapeake elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 1.8/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 2.4 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 50.8%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 69% of students showed growth in English reading and 67% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 28.5%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Chesapeake school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Thurgood Marshall Elementary 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: PK-5
School type: Regular public elementary school
Enrollment: 427 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 12:1
Classroom teachers: 32.2 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510081000304

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

51%

Mathematics

54%

Science

36%

History & Social Sci.

52%

Attendance

2025-2026

28.5% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Thurgood Marshall Elementary School

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Chesapeake City Public Schools division, located at 2706 Border Road in Chesapeake, Virginia. It serves students in prekindergarten through grade 5 and is named for Thurgood Marshall, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court justice.

The school sits in the South Norfolk area of Chesapeake, an urban ('City, Large') setting in the South Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. It enrolled 395 students in the 2024-2025 school year and was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Search for Public Schools ↗ — NCES School ID, address, phone, district, grades, school type, locale, total enrollment, enrollment by grade, FTE teachers, student-teacher ratio, race/ethnicity counts, lunch eligibility2024-2025
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Thurgood Marshall Elementary ↗ — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading, math, science, history), enrollment, demographics (econ disadvantaged, SWD, EL, race/ethnicity %), chronic absenteeism, principalSOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Chesapeake Public Schools — Thurgood Marshall Elementary official site ↗ — Official school website URL and district affiliation2026

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.

Thurgood Marshall Elementary School