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Cradock Middle School

21 Alden Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23702

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.5/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.4/10
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 Middle School phone & website

Phone
(757) 393-8788
Principal
Roger Coleman, III
Address
21 Alden Avenue, Portsmouth, VA 23702
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.

1.4 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 48.1% across all subjects — 5th percentile statewide.

2.0 · Academic progress

60% of students showed growth in reading and 65% in math — 11th percentile.

1.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 28.8% — better attendance than 2% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.5 for 2025–26, compared with 1.4 for 2024–25 — up 0.1.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Geometry
88%state 82%
Algebra I
99%state 86%
Civics & Econ
48%state 73%
Grade 8 Science
45%state 66%
Grade 7 Mathematics
25%state 60%
Grade 8 Mathematics
46%state 62%
Grade 7 English Reading
47%state 73%
Grade 8 English Reading
49%state 74%

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

Cradock Middle School & its school zone

Cradock Middle School serves Portsmouth, VA 23702 students as a public middle school in Portsmouth Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Cradock Middle School are shopping this Portsmouth school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Portsmouth middle school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 1.5/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 337 public middle schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is up from 1.4 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 48.1%, with standout results in Algebra I (99% vs an 86% state average). On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 60% of students showed growth in English reading and 65% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 28.8%, compared with the 11.9% state median for middle schools.

For house hunters comparing Portsmouth school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Cradock Middle 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
7-8
School type
Public
Enrollment
526 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
14:1
Classroom teachers
38 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001234

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
48%
Mathematics
50%
Science
45%
History & Social Sci.
48%

Attendance

2025-2026

28.8% 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.

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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