Booker T. Washington Elementary S…, Suffolk, VA

At a glance

School district: Suffolk City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public (regular, non-charter)
Principal: Ms. Bernette Brock
Established: 1913 · this campus 1953
Enrollment: 362 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 14:1
Classroom teachers: 25 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510371001613

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

53%

Mathematics

56%

Science

45%

History & Social Sci.

46%

Attendance

2024-2025

10.4% 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.

Contact

Phone: (757) 934-6226

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Booker T. Washington Elementary (ID 510371001613) — NCES ID, address, phone, grades, enrollment total and by grade, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, school/charter type, free-lunch eligibility2024-2025 (directory 2025-2026) link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Booker T. Washington Elementary — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading, math, science, history), demographics, economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Booker T. Washington Elementary School official website (Suffolk City Public Schools) — Official website URL, phone, address, school tagline2026 link ↗
National Park Service — Booker T. Washington historic resource study / Suffolk school history — Founding history (1913 opening, 1925/1953 buildings, high school lineage)historical link ↗

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