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Cradock Elementary School

18 Dahlgren Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23702 · Home of the Eagles

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.7/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.6/10
Below state average
▲ Up 0.1 from 2024–25
VaHome School Score

Rating: VaHome School Score, computed from Virginia Department of Education data (2025–26) — methodology on this page. Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE. School boundaries can change — verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

Cradock Elementary School phone & mascot

Phone
(757) 558-2811
Mascot
Eagles
Principal
Mrs. Lakesia Jolley-Foster
Address
18 Dahlgren Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23702
Official school website ↗

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.

1.6 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 48.5% across all subjects — 7th percentile statewide.

1.7 · Academic progress

67% of students showed growth in reading and 60% in math — 8th percentile.

1.7 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 16.9% — better attendance than 8% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.7 for 2025–26, compared with 1.6 for 2024–25 — up 0.1.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
39%state 69%
Virginia Studies
49%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
55%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
44%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
41%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
45%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
49%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
44%state 73%

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

Cradock Elementary School & its school zone

A public elementary school in Portsmouth Public Schools, Cradock Elementary School anchors its attendance zone in Portsmouth, VA 23702. Buyers searching homes for sale near Cradock Elementary School are shopping this Portsmouth school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Portsmouth elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 1.7/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 1.6 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 48.5%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 67% of students showed growth in English reading and 60% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 16.9%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Portsmouth school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Cradock Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Portsmouth 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
Portsmouth City Public Schools
Grades served
KG-6
School type
Regular public school
Enrollment
595 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
19:1
Classroom teachers
32 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001252

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
51%
Mathematics
48%
Science
39%
History & Social Sci.
49%

Attendance

2025-2026

16.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Cradock Elementary School

Cradock Elementary School is a K-6 public school in the Cradock neighborhood of Portsmouth, Virginia, part of Portsmouth City Public Schools. It sits at 18 Dahlgren Avenue within the Cradock Historic District, a National Register-listed area developed beginning in 1918 by the United States Housing Corporation as a planned community to house the influx of workers at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard during World War I. The neighborhood, one of the earliest planned pedestrian communities in the United States, was built on a 310-acre tract formerly known as Afton Farm and was named for British Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock.

The school serves a predominantly residential community south of downtown Portsmouth near Paradise Creek. In 2024-2025 it enrolled 616 students across kindergarten through grade 6. The school is fully accredited under Virginia's Standards of Accreditation for 2025-2026, though it was identified for federal Comprehensive Support and Improvement in 2024-2025.

Data sources

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.

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