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Westhaven Elementary School

3701 Clifford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707 · Home of the Bluejays

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
2.2/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
1.8/10
Below state average
▲ Up 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.

Westhaven Elementary School phone & mascot

Phone
(757) 393-8855
Mascot
Bluejays
Principal
Dr. Patrizia Grigsby (current district directory / school site); NCES & VA School Quality Profile 2024-25 list Eliza Fly — see researchNotes
Address
3701 Clifford Street, Portsmouth, VA 23707
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.

2.1 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 54.9% across all subjects — 13th percentile statewide.

3.0 · Academic progress

72% of students showed growth in reading and 74% in math — 22th percentile.

1.4 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 20.0% — better attendance than 4% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 2.2 for 2025–26, compared with 1.8 for 2024–25 — up 0.4.

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
49%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
68%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
61%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
52%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
53%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
50%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
59%state 73%

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

Westhaven Elementary School & its school zone

A public elementary school in Portsmouth Public Schools, Westhaven Elementary School anchors its attendance zone in Portsmouth, VA 23707. Buyers searching homes for sale near Westhaven 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 2.2/10 — 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 1.8 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 54.9%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 72% of students showed growth in English reading and 74% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 20.0%, 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 Westhaven 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 (Portsmouth Public Schools)
Grades served
K-6
School type
Regular public school
Enrollment
386 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
11:1
Classroom teachers
35 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510300001264

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
53%
Mathematics
60%
Science
46%
History & Social Sci.
49%

Attendance

2025-2026

20% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Westhaven Elementary School

Westhaven Elementary School is a K-6 public school in the Portsmouth City Public Schools division, located at 3701 Clifford Street in Portsmouth, Virginia. Its athletic and spirit identity is the Bluejays. In the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled roughly 400 students and was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

The school sits in a residential section of Portsmouth west of the city's downtown and waterfront, an independent city in the Hampton Roads region of southeastern Virginia. It is a Title I-style, high-need campus, with about three-quarters of students identified as economically disadvantaged in 2024-2025.

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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