Elementary · Virginia

Southwestern Elementary

Free meals for all

Southwestern Elementary, a public elementary school in Chesapeake, Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 549 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chesapeake City Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 549
Teachers (FTE): 40.4
Students per teacher: 13.6
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 13.9 · 1,143 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 59% of elementary schools in Virginia

Median 503 · 1,144 schools compared

Larger than 74% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Chesapeake City Public Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chesapeake City Public Schools.

Location

Address: 4410 Airline Blvd, Chesapeake, VA 23321
Phone: (757)465-6310
City or town: Chesapeake
County: Chesapeake city

Quality of life in Chesapeake Schools in Chesapeake

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Edwin W. Chittum Elementary	Pre-K–5	762	15.0	1.6 mi
Lakeview ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	439	13.7	1.9 mi
Hodges Manor ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	466	15.0	2.0 mi
Camelot ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	491	12.9	3.3 mi
Simonsdale ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	613	15.3	3.3 mi
Western Branch IntermediateFree meals for all	3–5	795	17.2	3.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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