Benjamin Syms Middle School, Hampton, VA: Phone & Mascot

Benjamin Syms Middle School phone, hours, mascot & school colors

Phone: (757) 850-5050
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Mascot: Spartans
School colors: Burgundy, Gold
Principal: Ms. Patrina L. Jenkins
Address: 170 Fox Hill Rd, Hampton, VA 23669

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.

6.0 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 72.3% across all subjects — 55th percentile statewide.

6.3 · Academic progress

81% of students showed growth in reading and 80% in math — 59th percentile.

7.5 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 8.8% — better attendance than 73% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 6.4 for 2025–26, compared with 4.5 for 2024–25 — up 1.9.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average

Geometry

96%state 82%

Algebra I

100%state 86%

Civics & Econ

75%state 73%

Grade 8 Science

68%state 66%

Grade 6 Mathematics

71%state 66%

Grade 7 Mathematics

32%state 60%

Grade 8 Mathematics

74%state 62%

Grade 6 English Reading

71%state 73%

Grade 7 English Reading

72%state 73%

Grade 8 English Reading

73%state 74%

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

Benjamin Syms Middle School & its school zone

A public middle school in Hampton Public Schools, Benjamin Syms Middle School anchors its attendance zone in Hampton, VA 23669. Buyers searching homes for sale near Benjamin Syms Middle School are shopping this Hampton school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Hampton middle school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 6.4/10 — around the state average among Virginia's 337 public middle schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 4.5 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 72.3%, with standout results in Algebra I (100% vs an 86% state average) and Geometry (96% vs an 82% state average). On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 81% of students showed growth in English reading and 80% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 8.8%, better than the 11.9% state median for middle schools.

For house hunters comparing Hampton school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Benjamin Syms Middle School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Hampton 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: Hampton City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Public
Enrollment: 897 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 15:1
Classroom teachers: 56.5 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2024-2025)
NCES school ID: 510180000730

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

72%

Mathematics

72%

Science

72%

History & Social Sci.

75%

Attendance

2025-2026

8.8% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Benjamin Syms Middle School

Benjamin Syms Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in the Hampton City Public Schools division, located at 170 Fox Hill Road in the Fox Hill area of Hampton, Virginia. The school is named for Benjamin Syms, a colonist who in 1634 endowed a free school in Elizabeth City County by donating 200 acres of land and eight cows to educate local children; that endowment is often cited as the origin of one of the earliest free schools in colonial America and is memorialized in the later Syms-Eaton Academy. The current middle school carries the Syms name and feeds into Kecoughtan High School.

The school sits in a large-suburban locale on the lower Virginia Peninsula near the Chesapeake Bay. In the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled roughly 850 students and was fully accredited by the Virginia Department of Education. Its mascot is the Spartan and its colors are burgundy and gold.

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Search for Public Schools ↗ — NCES School ID, district, address, phone, grades, locale, total enrollment, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, free-lunch count, race/ethnicity counts2024-2025 (directory 2025-2026 preliminary)
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Benjamin Syms Middle ↗ — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading/math/science/history), enrollment, demographics (econ disadvantaged, EL, SWD, race/ethnicity), principalSOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Syms Middle School official website ↗ — Phone, fax, office hours, mascot (Spartan), colors (burgundy and gold), address2026
Wikipedia - Syms-Eaton Academy ↗ — Historical background of Benjamin Syms' 1634 free-school endowment (namesake context)historical
Wikimedia Commons media search ↗ — Checked for freely-licensed building photo - none found2026

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2024-2025 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

Benjamin Syms Middle School