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Hodges Manor Elementary School

1201 Cherokee Road, Portsmouth, VA 23701 · Home of the Mustangs

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
3.4/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.9/10
Below state average
▲ Up 1.5 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.

Hodges Manor Elementary School phone & mascot

Phone
(757) 465-2921
Mascot
Mustangs
Principal
Dennis C. Chalk
Address
1201 Cherokee Road, 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.

2.9 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 61.0% across all subjects — 21th percentile statewide.

4.5 · Academic progress

77% of students showed growth in reading and 81% in math — 39th percentile.

3.2 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 12.7% — better attendance than 25% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 3.4 for 2025–26, compared with 1.9 for 2024–25 — up 1.5.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
53%state 69%
Virginia Studies
61%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
52%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
59%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
65%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
52%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
63%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
67%state 73%

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

Hodges Manor Elementary School & its school zone

Hodges Manor Elementary School serves Portsmouth, VA 23701 students as a public elementary school in Portsmouth Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Hodges Manor 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 3.4/10 — 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 1.9 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 61.0%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 77% of students showed growth in English reading and 81% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 12.7%, 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 Hodges Manor 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
Public elementary school
Enrollment
431 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
15:1
Classroom teachers
31 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001249

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
62%
Mathematics
62%
Science
53%
History & Social Sci.
61%

Attendance

2025-2026

12.7% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Hodges Manor Elementary School

Hodges Manor Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Hodges Manor section of Portsmouth, Virginia, operated by Portsmouth City Public Schools. Located at 1201 Cherokee Road, it serves students from kindergarten through grade 6. The school shares its name with the surrounding Hodges Manor community; the nearby former Manor High School drew its name from the adjacent Hodges Manor and Elizabeth Manor neighborhoods.

The school sits in a small-city residential area on the mainland (western) side of Portsmouth, part of the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. For the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled 466 students across seven grade levels and employed about 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and it held Fully Accredited status from the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

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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