Chesapeake City Public Schools
Chesapeake, VA · 45 schools · 40,769 students
Largest Schools
Schools ranked by enrollment. Proficiency data from EDFacts where available.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Chesapeake City Public Schools has 45 schools serving 40,769 students. The average proficiency rate across the district is 49%. The average graduation rate is 81%.
Chesapeake City Public Schools operates 45 public schools, including Grassfield High, Oscar F. Smith High, Western Branch High, Indian River High, Great Bridge High and others. The full school list is shown above with enrollment and grade-level details.
The average graduation rate across high schools in Chesapeake City Public Schools is approximately 81% (EDFacts district-level data, most recent reporting year). Individual school graduation rates may vary; this is a district-wide adjusted-cohort graduation rate.
The largest school in Chesapeake City Public Schools is Grassfield High with 2,314 students.
Chesapeake City Public Schools serves 40,769 students across 45 schools in VA, per the latest NCES Common Core of Data enrollment.
Chesapeake City Public Schools's average proficiency rate of 49% (math and reading combined, EDFacts) is around average for US public school districts. "Good" depends on what you value — proficiency is one signal; enrollment trends, class size, graduation rates, and district resources also matter. Check individual school pages for granular data.
Student-teacher ratios are reported at the school level by NCES, not aggregated at the district level in our dataset. Open any individual school page in Chesapeake City Public Schools to see its specific student-teacher ratio. The US national average is approximately 16:1 for public schools.
All data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (enrollment, school count, demographics) and EDFacts assessment results (proficiency rates, graduation rates). Proficiency and graduation rates are reported at the district level. Both are federal sources used by the US Department of Education.
School performance data is sourced from NCES enrollment records and EDFacts proficiency and graduation rate assessments.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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