Summary:
Zip code 23663 in Hampton, Virginia, is home to exactly one high school—Phoebus High—which serves grades 9 through 12 and enrolls roughly 1,391 students as part of Hampton City Public Schools. Because it is the only high school in the area, Phoebus High defines the educational landscape for local families.
Phoebus High has plenty to be proud of. The school earned a 4-star rating from the state in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, ranking in the 74th and 70th percentiles respectively—a major jump from its 3-star, 53rd-percentile showing in 2023–2024. It boasts a 100% graduation rate and a 0.0% dropout rate, both far better than the state averages of 92.3% and 5.0%. Chronic absenteeism sits at 10.3%, well below the state rate of 14.8% but higher than the district's 7.5%. These results are especially notable because 93.75% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and spending per student is $10,544.
Academically, the school's strongest subjects are math, science, and English. In 2025–2026, 9th graders posted perfect or near-perfect SOL proficiency in Algebra II (100%), Geometry (97.9%), and Biology (98.2%), and 11th-grade English Reading reached 91.8%. However, social studies is a clear weak point: World History II proficiency fell to just 38.5% and VA & US History to 43.1%. Scores were mixed year-over-year, with gains in 10th-grade English Reading and World History I but declines in Writing, Geography, and 12th-grade English Reading. Overall, Phoebus High is a strong, improving school, and if it can strengthen social studies instruction, it has room to climb even higher in the state rankings.
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