Shelton Park Elementary Sc…, Virginia Beach, VA

At a glance

School district: Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Regular public school
Principal: Sara L. Mendez
Established: 1954
Enrollment: 416 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 13:1
Classroom teachers: 31.2 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510384001716

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

84%

Mathematics

80%

Science

72%

History & Social Sci.

69%

Attendance

2024-2025

Consistent attenders

96.5%

3.5% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Shelton Park Elementary School

Shelton Park Elementary School opened in 1954 on a 12-acre site donated by the Shelton family, at a construction cost of $475,000. Its first principal was Margaret M. Fischer, and in its first year the school enrolled 721 students in grades one through seven. A west wing adding 11 classrooms was completed in 1961, and a major addition and renovation, budgeted at $7,359,889, was finished in January 2001.

The school is located at 1700 Shelton Road in the northern part of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools. It serves students in grades PK through 5 and is classified by the federal government as being in a large-city locale.

Contact

Phone: 757-648-3760

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Shelton Park Elementary — NCES School ID, enrollment total and by grade, grades served, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, school type, charter status2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Shelton Park Elementary — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates, demographics, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD percentages, chronic absenteeism, principal, grades served2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Shelton Park Elementary School official website (VBCPS) — Phone number, address, official website URL2026 link ↗
Historical Overview of VBCPS — Virginia Beach City Public Schools — Founding year (1954), donated 12-acre site, construction cost, first principal, initial enrollment, 1961 west wing, 2001 renovationhistorical link ↗

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