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Kempsville High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
5194 Chief Trail
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Phone
(757) 648-5450
District
Virginia Beach City Public Schools
County
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2051
Classroom Teachers
116

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

7

(10 is best)

Better than 63.0% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Kempsville High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
88%
82%
88%
84%
88%
79%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
18
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 555 27.1%
Grade 10 546 26.6%
Grade 11 495 24.1%
Grade 12 455 22.2%
Total 2051 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 49.7% 50.7% 47.5%
Black 28.7% 25.8% 23.1%
Hispanic 16.0% 15.8% 20.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.6% 6.9% 8.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.8% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.3% 48.9% 57.3%
Free lunch eligible 37.1% 45.6% 55.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.3% 3.3% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 457,066 8,715,698
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,867.7 218
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.1% 33.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 15.4% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 179,800 3,326,260
Single Parent Households With Children 9.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.7% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 40.4% 41.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.2% 27.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 20.8% 18.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.7% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 14.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 11.1% 12.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.5% 8.4%
$15,000 or less 5.7% 7.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,248 $535,979,000 53.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $699 $45,403,000 4.5%
Staff $998 $64,871,000 6.4%
General Administration $124 $8,038,000 0.8%
School Administration $799 $51,940,000 5.1%
Operation $1,862 $120,985,000 12.0%
Transportation $627 $40,743,000 4.0%
Other $292 $18,961,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,400 $350,941,000 34.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,922 $124,875,000 12.3%
Total Expenditures $15,569 $1,011,795,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,921 $11,230,472,000 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $832 $1,047,548,000 5.0%
Staff $1,155 $1,453,542,000 7.0%
General Administration $231 $290,427,000 1.4%
School Administration $850 $1,069,632,000 5.1%
Operation $1,368 $1,722,122,000 8.3%
Transportation $745 $937,854,000 4.5%
Other $280 $352,448,000 1.7%
Total Support $5,460 $6,873,573,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,197 $2,765,110,000 13.2%
Total Expenditures $16,578 $20,869,155,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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