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Booker T. Washington Elementary School

204 Walnut Street, Suffolk, VA 23434

✓ Fully Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
3.8/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
2.3/10
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.

Booker T. Washington Elementary School phone & website

Phone
(757) 934-6226
Principal
Ms. Bernette Brock
Address
204 Walnut Street, Suffolk, VA 23434
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.

3.8 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 66.0% across all subjects — 32th percentile statewide.

4.9 · Academic progress

82% of students showed growth in reading and 78% in math — 43th percentile.

2.0 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 15.8% — better attendance than 12% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 3.8 for 2025–26, compared with 2.3 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
61%state 69%
Virginia Studies
65%state 71%
Grade 3 Mathematics
66%state 74%
Grade 4 Mathematics
63%state 73%
Grade 5 Mathematics
73%state 72%
Grade 3 English Reading
56%state 68%
Grade 4 English Reading
72%state 74%
Grade 5 English Reading
71%state 73%

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

Booker T. Washington Elementary School & its school zone

Booker T. Washington Elementary School is a public elementary school in Suffolk, VA 23434, part of Suffolk Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Booker T. Washington Elementary School are shopping this Suffolk school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Suffolk elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 3.8/10 — 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 2.3 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 66.0%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 82% of students showed growth in English reading and 78% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 15.8%, compared with the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Suffolk school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Booker T. Washington Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Suffolk 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
Suffolk City Public Schools
Grades served
PK-5
School type
Public (regular, non-charter)
Established
1913 · this campus 1953
Enrollment
469 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
14:1
Classroom teachers
25 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510371001613

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
67%
Mathematics
67%
Science
61%
History & Social Sci.
65%

Attendance

2025-2026

15.8% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Booker T. Washington Elementary School

Booker T. Washington Elementary traces its origins to 1913, when the Suffolk School Board opened the Booker T. Washington School to serve African American children in grades 1-8. Ninth grade was added in the 1920s, and a larger building followed in 1925 as enrollment grew; a senior high curriculum was added and the first high school class graduated in 1937. In 1953 the school moved to a new building roughly a mile and a half east, later transitioning from an intermediate school to its present role as an elementary school.

Today the school operates as a PK-5 elementary school within Suffolk City Public Schools at 204 Walnut Street in Suffolk, Virginia. Its NCES locale is classified as 'Town, Fringe.' As of the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled 362 students with about 25 full-time-equivalent teachers.

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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