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King's Fork High School

351 Kings Fork Road, Suffolk, VA 23434 · Home of the Bulldogs

✓ Fully Accredited · 2024-2025
2/10
Well below average
GreatSchools

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
9-12
School type
Regular public high school
Principal
Shelton Morgan
Established
2003
Mascot & colors
Bulldogs · Maroon, Vegas Gold
Enrollment
1,686 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio
16:1
Classroom teachers
103.99 FTE
Accreditation
Fully Accredited (2024-2025)
NCES school ID
510371002426

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025
Reading
84%
Mathematics
84%
Science
70%
History & Social Sci.
56%
94%
On-time graduation (2025)
2%
Dropout rate

College & career readiness

2024-2025
4.8%
Students in AP courses
0.95%
Dual-enrollment (college credit)

148 students earned Advanced Studies diplomas and 225 earned Standard diplomas in the 2025 cohort (VDOE).

Attendance

2024-2025

22.5% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About King's Fork High School

King's Fork High School opened in 2003 in northwestern Suffolk, Virginia, built by Suffolk City Public Schools during a period of residential growth in the western Hampton Roads area. It was designed by the architectural firm Ripley Rodriguez Maddox Motley and sits on a large campus at 351 Kings Fork Road that includes an auditorium, black box theater, athletic stadium, and multiple sports fields.

Part of Suffolk City Public Schools, the school serves grades 9-12 and draws students from the King's Fork, Crittenden, and Hobson areas as well as neighborhoods near Nansemond Parkway. Its feeder schools are King's Fork Middle School and John F. Kennedy Middle School. Academic offerings include an International Baccalaureate program (added 2008-09), Advanced Placement courses, and dual enrollment through Paul D. Camp Community College and Tidewater Community College.

Athletics & activities

3
State athletic titles
3
Basketball state championships

Notable alumni

Chuck Clark· NFL safetySugar Rodgers· WNBA guardDavante Gardner· Professional basketball playerLex Luger· Music record producerLataisia Jones· First Black recipient of a Ph.D. from Florida State University College of Medicine

Contact

Phone
(757) 923-5240
Official school website ↗

Data sources

  • NCES Common Core of Data - King's Fork High — NCES ID, enrollment total and by grade, grades served, teachers FTE, student/teacher ratio, locale, race/ethnicity counts2024-2025 link ↗
  • Virginia School Quality Profiles - King's Fork High — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, graduation and dropout rate, diploma counts, economically disadvantaged/SWD/EL, chronic absenteeism, AP and dual enrollment2024-2025 link ↗
  • King's Fork High School official website — Current principal, phone, website URL, mascot, colors, about text2026 link ↗
  • Wikipedia - King's Fork High School — Founding year, mascot, colors, feeder schools, athletics championships, notable alumni, history2026 link ↗

Figures reflect the 2024-2025 (NCES CCD and Virginia School Quality Profiles) unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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