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Education in Norfolk, Virginia

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Norfolk, Virginia offers many educational opportunities. Schools, public and private, are located all over the city.

Elementary, secondary

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Norfolk Public Schools, the public school system, comprises 5 high schools, 9 middle schools, 35 elementary schools, and 9 special-purpose/preschools. In 2005, Norfolk Public Schools won the $1 million Broad Prize for Urban Education award for having demonstrated, "the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps for poor and minority students".[1] The city had previously been nominated in 2003 and 2004.

There are also a number of private schools located in the city, the oldest of which, Norfolk Academy, was founded in 1728.

Post Secondary

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Norfolk is home to three public universities and one private. It also hosts a community college campus in downtown.

References

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  1. ^ "The Broad Prize for Urban Education – Frequent Questions". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-13.