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Driver Elementary School

4540 Nansemond Parkway, Suffolk, VA 23435

6/10
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Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE (sources cited below). Rating: GreatSchools.org, April 2026. School boundaries can change — verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

At a glance

School district
Suffolk City Public Schools
Grades served
Elementary (pre-closure directory data listed grades 2-5; unverified year)
School type
Public elementary school (CLOSED)
Established
circa 1968 (derived: reported as ~50 years old at its 2018 closure; exact founding year not verified)
NCES school ID
null — NCES ID 510371001615 at 4540 Nansemond Pkwy now resolves to Florence Bowser Elementary, the successor school, not Driver Elementary

About Driver Elementary School

Driver Elementary School was a public elementary school in Suffolk, Virginia, operated by Suffolk City Public Schools. It served the community of Driver, a historic Tidewater village in the northern part of the city named for E. J. Driver, who ran a general store at the settlement's central crossroads. The school operated for roughly 50 years before it was closed by the school division at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.

After Driver Elementary closed, its students transitioned to the newly constructed Florence Bowser Elementary School, which opened in the fall of 2018 at 4540 Nansemond Parkway, Suffolk, VA 23435 — the address commonly associated with this attendance area. As a result, the campus at that address is now Florence Bowser Elementary (NCES ID 510371001615), not Driver Elementary. Driver Elementary itself is a permanently closed former school and is no longer listed with an active accreditation or school-quality profile.

Data sources

  • NCES Common Core of Data — school detail for NCES ID 510371001615 (4540 Nansemond Pkwy) — Confirmed the address 4540 Nansemond Pkwy is now Florence Bowser Elementary (successor school): enrollment 926, grades PK-5, 44.00 FTE teachers, 21.05 student/teacher ratio, Rural Fringe (41) locale, district Suffolk City Public Schools, phone (757) 923-41062024-2025 link ↗
  • WAVY-TV — 'Suffolk community celebrates Driver Elementary in final farewell' — Confirmed Driver Elementary's closure and community farewell (headline/search summary; page body blocked by 403)2018 link ↗
  • Suffolk News-Herald — 'Final farewell for Driver Elementary' — Driver Elementary closed at end of 2017-2018 school year after ~50 years; students moved to new Florence Bowser Elementary on Nansemond Parkway (headline/search summary; page body blocked by 403)2018 link ↗
  • Virginia DHR — Driver Historic District (133-0693) — History of the village of Driver, named for E. J. Driver who operated a general store at the village crossroadsn/a (historic register) link ↗
  • Suffolk City Public Schools — Florence Bowser Elementary — Confirmed Florence Bowser Elementary is the operating successor school at the Nansemond Parkway campuscurrent link ↗
  • Wikimedia Commons media search — No freely-licensed photo of Driver Elementary School found2026 link ↗

Figures reflect the School closed at the end of the 2017-2018 school year; no current-year operating data exists for Driver Elementary. unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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