Cradock Middle School, Portsmouth, VA

At a glance

School district: Portsmouth City Public Schools
Grades served: 7-8
School type: Public
Principal: Roger Coleman, III
Enrollment: 516 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 14:1
Classroom teachers: 38 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510300001234

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

58%

Mathematics

45%

Science

44%

History & Social Sci.

50%

Attendance

2024-2025

19.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Cradock Middle School

Cradock Middle School is a public school in the Portsmouth City Public Schools division, serving grades 7 and 8 at 21 Alden Avenue in Portsmouth, Virginia. The campus sits within the Cradock neighborhood, a planned residential community developed beginning in 1918 by the United States Housing Corporation to house workers drawn to the nearby Norfolk Naval Shipyard during World War I. The Cradock Historic District, encompassing hundreds of Colonial Revival and Bungalow-style homes surrounding the school, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Cradock name honors Sir Christopher Cradock, a British Royal Navy admiral lost at sea in 1914.

The current school is designated for Comprehensive Support and Improvement under federal accountability rules and was Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2025-2026 school year. In 2024-2025 it enrolled roughly 516 students and employed about 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6 to 1.

Contact

Phone: (757) 393-8788

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Cradock Middle School — NCES School ID, district, grades served, total enrollment, enrollment by grade, teachers FTE, student/teacher ratio, locale, address2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Cradock Middle — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, demographics, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD percentages, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Cradock Middle School official website (Portsmouth Public Schools) — Official website URL, principal, contact page2026 link ↗
Wikipedia — Cradock Historic District — Neighborhood founding history (1918 planned community), National Register listing, Cradock naming originn/a link ↗

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