Sparrow Road Intermediate

Summary:

Sparrow Road Intermediate is a public elementary school in Chesapeake, Virginia, serving grades 4-5 with a student population of 478. The school faces significant challenges, including a high percentage of African American students, consistently low academic performance, and a high percentage of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Sparrow Road Intermediate has a student population that is around 50% African American, which is significantly higher than the surrounding schools. The school consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Virginia elementary schools, with proficiency rates on state tests that are well below the district and state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. Over 90% of Sparrow Road Intermediate's students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio of around 15:1.

Interestingly, while Sparrow Road Intermediate has a high percentage of African American students, this subgroup consistently performs worse than their peers at the school and across the state. Nearby schools like Thurgood Marshall Elementary and Greenbrier Intermediate, which serve similar demographics, outperform Sparrow Road Intermediate on academic measures. Additionally, Sparrow Road Intermediate's statewide ranking has steadily declined over the past decade, suggesting that the school is struggling to improve student outcomes despite having a relatively high per-student spending level.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 1605 Sparrow Rd
       Chesapeake, VA  23325


(757) 578-7050

District: Chesapeake City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
864th of 1,114 Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,795 Help


Students who attend Sparrow Road Intermediate usually attend:

Middle:    Indian River Middle
High:    Indian River High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  478

Racial breakdown:

African American:
51.0%
White:
26.6%
Hispanic:
11.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.4% Help


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Compare Details Sparrow Road Intermediate ranks worse than 77.6% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks 17th among 19 ranked elementary schools in the Chesapeake City Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.1. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Sparrow Road Intermediate has the largest elementary school student body size in the Chesapeake City Public Schools District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sparrow Road Intermediate is $9,795. 17 elementary schools in the Chesapeake City Public Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sparrow Road Intermediate:

SchoolDigger ranks Sparrow Road Intermediate 864th of 1114 Virginia public elementary schools. (See Sparrow Road Intermediate in the ranking list.)

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Chesapeake City Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Chesapeake City Public Schools 29th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sparrow Road Intermediate

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Rank History for all students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 49.19 586th 1062 44.8%
2006 45.93 683rd 1071 36.2%
2007 42.78 712th 1083 34.3%
2008 54.54 533rd 1081 50.7%
2009 49.07 628th 1082 42.0%
2010 48.55 672nd 1113 39.6%
2011 43.59 737th 1117 34.0%
2012 55.09 539th 1117 51.7%
2013 37.85 789th 1120 29.6%
2014 38.32 765th 1110 31.1%
2015 43.66 725th 1100 34.1%
2016 40.65 753rd 1096 31.3%
2017 32.75 854th 1099 22.3%
2018 50.02 624th 1097 43.1%
2019 33.43 834th 1105 24.5%
2021 29.97 813th 1103 26.3%
2022 33.93 797th 1109 28.1%
2023 30.91 832nd 1114 25.3%
2024 28.10 864th 1114 22.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 16.25 231st 245 5.7%
2024 37.55 165th 247 33.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 36.69 716th 1036 30.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 31.49 832nd 1100 24.4%
2024 26.71 870th 1098 20.8%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 10.79 304th 324 6.2%
2024 7.85 339th 355 4.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 26.96 155th 182 14.8%
2024 10.39 188th 195 3.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.23 842nd 1093 23.0%
2024 28.63 853rd 1101 22.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 39.25 402nd 579 30.6%
2024 28.56 476th 588 19.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 50.15 312th 564 44.7%
2024 41.45 388th 580 33.1%
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Rank History for White students at Sparrow Road Intermediate

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 30.79 769th 984 21.8%
2024 25.16 803rd 979 18.0%
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Data source: test scores: Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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by a parent
Friday, November 15, 2019

Open Quote The principal is great but some of the staff can be quite rude. My son gets bullied a lot and it's been going on for a while and it seems like nothing has been done to solve the issue. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Sparrow Road Intermediate

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 488 488
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 563 563
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 575 575
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 590 590
1993 320 268 2 8 2 n/a n/a 0 600
1994 287 247 1 3 1 n/a n/a 0 539
1995 274 251 5 2 1 n/a n/a 0 533
1996 274 251 5 2 1 n/a n/a 0 533
1997 255 235 9 0 2 n/a n/a 0 501
1998 243 257 6 2 3 n/a n/a 0 511
1999 229 264 4 2 1 n/a n/a 0 500
2000 234 292 7 4 3 n/a n/a -4 536
2001 218 316 7 9 2 n/a n/a 0 552
2002 187 292 5 12 3 n/a n/a 2 501
2003 187 292 5 12 3 n/a n/a 2 501
2004 193 283 9 10 2 n/a n/a 4 501
2005 199 263 10 11 0 n/a n/a 1 484
2006 183 276 7 10 1 n/a n/a 5 482
2007 176 257 9 17 4 n/a n/a 17 480
2008 187 248 12 27 1 n/a n/a 18 493
2009 176 260 13 23 1 n/a n/a 20 493
2010 197 278 6 19 2 n/a n/a 15 517
2011 150 241 5 36 3 0 38 0 473
2012 161 254 6 32 2 1 42 0 498
2013 186 261 7 40 4 0 35 0 533
2014 174 251 7 39 1 0 32 0 504
2015 152 220 6 49 2 1 36 0 466
2016 170 227 3 54 3 1 32 0 490
2017 158 253 8 49 0 0 33 0 501
2018 145 244 11 56 2 0 32 0 490
2019 139 250 12 61 2 1 44 0 509
2020 145 237 9 56 1 2 44 0 494
2021 128 232 8 48 4 2 49 0 471
2022 125 240 9 55 2 1 47 0 479
2023 127 244 6 55 1 0 45 0 478

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sparrow Road Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 488 24.5 19.9 n/a
1990 563 27.9 20.1 n/a
1991 575 24.4 23.5 n/a
1992 590 24.9 23.6 n/a
1993 600 26.9 22.3 n/a
1994 539 27.0 n/a 29.7
1995 533 n/a 0.0 33.4
1996 533 n/a 0.0 33.4
1997 501 n/a 0.0 29.9
1998 511 n/a 0.0 35
1999 500 32.0 15.6 42.6
2000 536 n/a 0.0 42.6
2001 552 34.6 16.0 42.8
2002 501 35.0 14.3 48.1
2003 501 35.0 14.3 48.1
2004 501 39.5 12.7 42.7
2005 484 35.8 13.5 46
2006 482 39.0 12.4 49.1
2007 480 40.8 11.8 45.1
2008 493 26.8 18.4 46.9
2009 493 26.8 18.4 46.3
2010 517 26.3 19.6 55.6
2011 473 25.8 18.3 56.9
2012 498 32.6 15.2 55
2013 533 32.0 16.6 52.7
2014 504 30.0 16.8 56.2
2015 466 29.0 16.0 58.8
2016 490 31.0 15.8 57.3
2017 501 31.2 16.0 60.5
2018 490 36.0 13.5 64.3
2019 509 33.0 15.4 56.8
2020 494 32.8 15.0 60.7
2021 471 31.5 14.9 n/a
2022 479 30.7 15.5 62.6
2023 478 31.2 15.2 91.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sparrow Road Intermediate

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 488 24.5 19.9 n/a
1990 563 27.9 20.1 n/a
1991 575 24.4 23.5 n/a
1992 590 24.9 23.6 n/a
1993 600 26.9 22.3 n/a
1994 539 27.0 n/a 29.7
1995 533 n/a 0.0 33.4
1996 533 n/a 0.0 33.4
1997 501 n/a 0.0 29.9
1998 511 n/a 0.0 35
1999 500 32.0 15.6 42.6
2000 536 n/a 0.0 42.6
2001 552 34.6 16.0 42.8
2002 501 35.0 14.3 48.1
2003 501 35.0 14.3 48.1
2004 501 39.5 12.7 42.7
2005 484 35.8 13.5 46
2006 482 39.0 12.4 49.1
2007 480 40.8 11.8 45.1
2008 493 26.8 18.4 46.9
2009 493 26.8 18.4 46.3
2010 517 26.3 19.6 55.6
2011 473 25.8 18.3 56.9
2012 498 32.6 15.2 55
2013 533 32.0 16.6 52.7
2014 504 30.0 16.8 56.2
2015 466 29.0 16.0 58.8
2016 490 31.0 15.8 57.3
2017 501 31.2 16.0 60.5
2018 490 36.0 13.5 64.3
2019 509 33.0 15.4 56.8
2020 494 32.8 15.0 60.7
2021 471 31.5 14.9 n/a
2022 479 30.7 15.5 62.6
2023 478 31.2 15.2 91.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sparrow Road Intermediate

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $785 (8.6%) $8,350 (91.4%) $9,135
2020 $750 (9.2%) $7,418 (90.8%) $8,168
2021 $1,010 (10.3%) $8,786 (89.7%) $9,795

Data source: Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sparrow Road Intermediate

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 834th of 1105 Elementary schoolsRanks 832nd of 1114 Elementary schools
 0.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade Mathematics (Sparrow Road Intermediate)8253.3
 28.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Chesapeake City Public Schools)8879.1
 8.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8369.7
 13.3%
4th Grade English Reading (Sparrow Road Intermediate)7267.5
 4.5%
   4th Grade English Reading (Chesapeake City Public Schools)7979.8
 0.8%
   4th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7572.7
 2.3%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sparrow Road Intermediate)7759.8
 17.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Chesapeake City Public Schools)8575.1
 9.9%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8167
 14%
5th Grade Science (Sparrow Road Intermediate)6261.5
 0.5%
   5th Grade Science (Chesapeake City Public Schools)8068.8
 11.2%
   5th Grade Science (Virginia)7966
 13%
5th Grade English Reading (Sparrow Road Intermediate)7462.8
 11.2%
   5th Grade English Reading (Chesapeake City Public Schools)7876.1
 1.9%
   5th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7871.4
 6.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students509478
 6.1%
African American250244
 2.4%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian126
 50%
Hispanic6155
 9.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White139127
 8.6%
Two or More Races4445
 2.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.8%91.4%
 34.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sparrow Road Intermediate

Sparrow Road Intermediate ranks in the bottom 22.4% of Virginia elementary schools.

Students who attend Sparrow Road Intermediate usually go on to attend:

Middle : Indian River Middle
High : Indian River High

In the 2022-23 school year, 478 students attended Sparrow Road Intermediate.

Students at Sparrow Road Intermediate are 51% African American, 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% Asian.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Virginia Department of Education.

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