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Douglass Park Elementary School

34 Grand Street, Portsmouth, VA 23701 · Home of the Bears

✓ Conditionally Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.6/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
2.1/10
Below state average
▼ Down 0.5 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.

Douglass Park Elementary School phone & mascot

Phone
(757) 393-8646
Mascot
Bears
Principal
Deirdre Williams
Address
34 Grand Street, Portsmouth, VA 23701
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.

1.4 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 45.0% across all subjects — 4th percentile statewide.

1.5 · Academic progress

66% of students showed growth in reading and 56% in math — 6th percentile.

2.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 15.6% — better attendance than 13% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.6 for 2025–26, compared with 2.1 for 2024–25 — down 0.5.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
46%state 69%
Virginia Studies
44%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
55%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
34%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
38%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
48%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
40%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
40%state 73%

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

Douglass Park Elementary School & its school zone

Douglass Park Elementary School is a public elementary school in Portsmouth, VA 23701, part of Portsmouth Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Douglass Park 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 1.6/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 2.1 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 45.0%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 66% of students showed growth in English reading and 56% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 15.6%, 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 Douglass Park 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
K-6
School type
Public elementary (regular school); math/science/technology magnet with a Gifted & Talented program
Established
Built in the 1960s (on the site of the earlier Douglass Park school, which opened as a Norfolk County high school in September 1946)
Enrollment
477 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
15:1
Classroom teachers
33 FTE
Accreditation
Conditionally Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001245

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
47%
Mathematics
43%
Science
46%
History & Social Sci.
44%

Attendance

2025-2026

15.6% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Douglass Park Elementary School

Douglass Park has served the Portsmouth-area community for generations. In September 1946 the Norfolk County School Board opened a Douglass Park school as an official high school serving all grade levels through the twelfth grade, offering an extended curriculum that included agricultural education, auto mechanics and brick masonry. The present Douglass Park Elementary School building was constructed in the 1960s on the same site as that earlier school.

In the 1993-94 school year the campus became home to Portsmouth's first elementary mathematics, science and technology magnet program, and in 2001-2002 the building underwent renovations that added classrooms, a new library, a multipurpose room, air conditioning and updated technology. Today it is part of Portsmouth City Public Schools, serving grades K-6 at 34 Grand Street in the 23701 ZIP code of Portsmouth, Virginia.

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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