Summary:
The Poquoson City Public Schools district in Virginia is home to two strong-performing elementary schools: Poquoson Elementary and Poquoson Primary. Both schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and demonstrate a commitment to academic excellence.
Poquoson Elementary stands out for its consistently high academic performance, with significantly higher proficiency rates compared to district and state averages in mathematics, science, and English reading. In the 2024-2025 school year, 86.03% of 5th-grade students at Poquoson Elementary were proficient or better in English reading, compared to 85.4% for the district and 71.95% for the state. Poquoson Primary also appears to be a high-performing school, though it lacks some of the detailed historical performance data available for Poquoson Elementary.
Both schools have relatively low chronic absenteeism rates of 15.7%, slightly higher than the state average, and free and reduced lunch rates that are lower than the state average, indicating a relatively affluent student population. Poquoson Elementary spent $7,548 per student in the 2020-2021 school year, while Poquoson Primary spent $8,178 per student, both slightly lower than the state average. The student-teacher ratios are also favorable, with Poquoson Elementary at 16.7 and Poquoson Primary at 15.3, suggesting small class sizes.
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