Brighton Elementary School

1100 Portsmouth Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23704 | (757) 393-8870

Grades: PK-6
Student Enrollment: 636

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3 out of 5 | 2 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 636 preschool and elementary school students from grades PK-6
Ranks 1076th out of 1,149 elementary schools in VA.

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 1100 Portsmouth Blvd., Portsmouth, VA 23704

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Portsmouth City Public Schools District
Per-Pupil Spending: $9,928
Graduation Rate: 57.9%
Dropout Rate: 7.5%
Students Per Teacher: 19.6
Enrolled Students: 15,289

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 636
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 33.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 19.3

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 303 (47.6%)
Females: 332 (52.2%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 16 (2.5%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 500 (78.6%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 516 (81.1%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Brighton Elementary School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	1	0.2%
Black	626	98.4%
Asian	1	0.2%
Hispanic	3	0.5%
White	4	0.6%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
Pre-Kindergarten	75	11.8%
Kindergarten	82	12.9%
1st Grade	78	12.3%
2nd Grade	75	11.8%
3rd Grade	83	13.1%
4th Grade	97	15.3%
5th Grade	65	10.2%
6th Grade	81	12.7%

Source: VA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3

3 out of 5 | 2 Reviews

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2 reviews for Brighton Elementary School

Reviewed by Student on September 06, 2011
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
i'm a student at brigton elemetry and i think brighton rocks

Reviewed by Former Student on July 26, 2009
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Not the best school. Actually, the worst in Portsmouth. The classes are full of misbeahved children. Be prepared for your child to spend most of their day listening to the teacher keeping the class in line, while not learning much at all. Your child might come home with a new knowledge of foul language on any given day. Perhaps even being attacked and jumped by several other kids. This school is comprised of the lowest socioeconomic area in Portsmouth- these kids would all be better off if they were rezoned into schools that would allow more oppertunity via diversity/ funding/smaller classes. If you care about your child and happen to be zoned for this school, rethink your options. The teachers here would not even send their own child to this school.

Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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How is this determined?

The overall school rating shows that Brighton Elementary School performed on average much worse than most other schools across the state on SOL state exams in the following subjects:

English Reading
History
Mathematics
Science
Writing

SOL - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 3 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	54.0%	76.0%	83.0%
2009	72.0%	86.0%	86.0%
2008	56.0%	79.0%	84.0%

History Test
2010	65.0%	90.0%	93.0%
2009	73.0%	90.0%	93.0%
2008	74.0%	89.0%	93.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	77.0%	90.0%	92.0%
2009	70.0%	88.0%	89.0%
2008	71.0%	83.0%	89.0%

Science Test
2010	70.0%	87.0%	91.0%
2009	73.0%	88.0%	89.0%
2008	71.0%	84.0%	88.0%

Grade 4 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	68.0%	85.0%	88.0%
2009	81.0%	83.0%	89.0%
2008	85.0%	86.0%	88.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	71.0%	85.0%	88.0%
2009	79.0%	83.0%	86.0%
2008	65.0%	78.0%	84.0%

Grade 5 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	87.0%	87.0%	90.0%
2009	94.0%	89.0%	92.0%
2008	73.0%	86.0%	89.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	95.0%	91.0%	90.0%
2009	94.0%	90.0%	90.0%
2008	84.0%	87.0%	88.0%

Science Test
2010	92.0%	82.0%	88.0%
2009	91.0%	85.0%	88.0%
2008	74.0%	86.0%	88.0%

Writing Test
2010	71.0%	84.0%	88.0%
2009	79.0%	80.0%	86.0%
2008	63.0%	82.0%	87.0%

Grade 6 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
English Reading Test
2010	95.0%	88.0%	88.0%
2009	77.0%	85.0%	86.0%
2008	66.0%	83.0%	85.0%

Mathematics Test
2010	74.0%	81.0%	77.0%
2009	48.0%	79.0%	73.0%
2008	54.0%	71.0%	68.0%

Source: VA Department of Education 2009-2010

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