Colonel Fred Cherry Middle School, Suffolk, VA

At a glance

School district: Suffolk City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Regular public school (non-charter)
Principal: Dr. Janet Wright-Davis
Established: 2018
Mascot & colors: Hawks
Enrollment: 736 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 12:1
Classroom teachers: 62.89 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510371003058

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

73%

Mathematics

72%

Science

72%

History & Social Sci.

73%

Attendance

2024-2025

9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Colonel Fred Cherry Middle School

Colonel Fred Cherry Middle School opened in the fall of 2018 and serves grades 6-8 within Suffolk City Public Schools in Suffolk, Virginia, part of the Hampton Roads region. The school is named for Colonel Fred Vann Cherry, a Suffolk-born U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars and was the first and highest-ranking Black U.S. officer held as a prisoner of war after his aircraft was downed in 1965. The approximately 125,000-square-foot building was designed using prototype drawings previously developed for Page Middle School in Gloucester, Virginia.

The campus sits at the corner of Burbage Drive and Glenrose Drive in the North Suffolk area. The school's athletic teams and student body are known as the Hawks. In 2024 the school was recognized as a Purple Star School for its support of military-connected students and families, and its music program earned a VMEA Blue Ribbon the same year.

Contact

Phone: (757) 925-6752

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Colonel Fred Cherry Middle — NCES ID, district, address, phone, grades, enrollment total and by grade, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, school type, free/reduced lunch counts2024-2025 (enrollment/staffing); 2025-2026 directory link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Colonel Fred Cherry Middle — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading, math, science, history/social science), demographics (economically disadvantaged, English learners, students with disabilities, race/ethnicity), chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025; accreditation SY 2025-2026 link ↗
Col. Fred Cherry Middle School official website — Mascot (Hawks), Purple Star and VMEA Blue Ribbon recognition (2024), address2025-2026 link ↗
Visit Suffolk Virginia — Col. Fred Cherry (Hometown Legends) — School namesake biography; school opened fall 2018n/a link ↗
RRMM Architects / Speight Marshall Francis project pages — Building size (~125,000 sf), site location (Burbage Dr & Glenrose Dr), prototype design origin, 2018 openingn/a link ↗

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