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Victory Elementary School

2828 Greenwood Drive, Portsmouth, VA 23701 · Home of the Falcons

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
3.3/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
3.7/10
Below state average
▼ Down 0.4 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.

Victory Elementary School phone & mascot

Phone
(757) 393-8806
Mascot
Falcons
Principal
Dr. J. Wayne Williams
Address
2828 Greenwood Drive, 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.

3.0 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 61.4% across all subjects — 22th percentile statewide.

3.4 · Academic progress

69% of students showed growth in reading and 79% in math — 26th percentile.

4.1 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 10.9% — better attendance than 34% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 3.3 for 2025–26, compared with 3.7 for 2024–25 — down 0.4.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average
Grade 5 Science
51%state 69%
Virginia Studies
58%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
75%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
69%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
67%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
67%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
64%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
52%state 73%

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

Victory Elementary School & its school zone

A public elementary school in Portsmouth Public Schools, Victory Elementary School anchors its attendance zone in Portsmouth, VA 23701. Buyers searching homes for sale near Victory 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 3.3/10 — 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 3.7 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 61.4%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 69% of students showed growth in English reading and 79% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 10.9%, 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 Victory 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
Enrollment
604 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
16:1
Classroom teachers
37 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300002625

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
60%
Mathematics
66%
Science
51%
History & Social Sci.
58%

Attendance

2025-2026
Consistent attenders
89.1%

10.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Victory Elementary School

Victory Elementary School is a public K-6 school in the Portsmouth City Public Schools division, located at 2828 Greenwood Drive in the southern part of Portsmouth, Virginia. It enrolls just under 600 students and, per the U.S. Department of Education's NCES classification, sits in a small-city setting.

As of the 2024-2025 school year the school served 586 students with about 37 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers. It was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026. The student body is predominantly Black, with a substantial share of economically disadvantaged students, and the school participates in federal meal programs with a high free-lunch eligibility rate.

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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