Mary S. Peake Elementary School, Hampton, VA

At a glance

School district: Hampton City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Regular school (public)
Principal: Rodney L. Richardson
Mascot & colors: Mighty Oaks
Enrollment: 404 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 13:1
Classroom teachers: 31 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510180000746
Former name: John Tyler Elementary School

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Mathematics

67%

History & Social Sci.

70%

Attendance

2024-2025

Consistent attenders

93%

6.7% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Mary S. Peake Elementary School

The school at 57 Salina Street in Hampton, Virginia opened as John Tyler Elementary School, named for the tenth U.S. president and Virginia native. On May 19, 2021, the Hampton City School Board voted to rename it Mary S. Peake Elementary School, one of five Hampton schools renamed after local trailblazers following a research committee report on the origins of the schools' names. The new name honors Mary S. Peake, a 19th-century Hampton educator and humanitarian known for teaching under the Emancipation Oak. The school's 'Mighty Oaks' mascot references that same tree. Several of the school's web addresses (the 'tyl' subdomain) still reflect the former John Tyler name.

Mary S. Peake Elementary is a regular public elementary school serving grades PK through 5 within Hampton City Public Schools. NCES classifies its setting as a large suburban locale. In the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled 404 students.

Contact

Phone: (757) 727-1075
Office hours: Office 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM; student day 7:30 AM - 2:05 PM (breakfast served 7:00-7:25 AM)

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - School Detail (Mary S. Peake Elementary, ID 510180000746) — NCES ID, address, phone, grades (PK-5), enrollment 404, student/teacher ratio 13.03, 31.00 FTE teachers, locale (Suburban Large 21), school type, district2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Mary S. Peake Elementary — Accreditation (Fully Accredited 2025-2026), SOL pass rates (reading 65, math 67, science 71, history/VA studies 70), demographics, chronic absenteeism2024-2025 metrics; 2025-2026 accreditation link ↗
Mary S. Peake Elementary School official website (Hampton City Schools) — Principal (Rodney L. Richardson), phone, office/school hours, mascot (Mighty Oaks)2026 link ↗
Hampton City Schools - school renaming news — Renaming history (John Tyler to Mary S. Peake, May 2021), name origin2021 link ↗
WTKR / 13NewsNow - Hampton school renaming coverage — Corroboration of 2021 renaming and reasons2021 link ↗

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