Holland Elementary

Summary:

Holland Elementary is a public elementary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 460. The school is part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district, which is ranked 27th out of 130 districts in Virginia and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Holland Elementary has a more diverse student population compared to the nearby schools, with a higher percentage of African American (39.57%) and Hispanic (18.04%) students. Additionally, the school has a significantly higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (95.22% in 2022-2023), indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families. However, Holland Elementary has a lower student-teacher ratio (11.1 in 2022-2023) and higher per-student spending ($13,985 in 2020-2021) compared to the nearby schools, which could suggest more individualized attention and resources available for the students.

While Holland Elementary's academic performance, as measured by SOL (Standards of Learning) test scores, is generally lower than the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district and the state of Virginia averages, the school has shown some strengths, such as higher proficiency rates in 5th-grade mathematics and 4th-grade reading. Interestingly, the nearby Rosemont Forest Elementary, which has a more diverse student population than the other nearby schools, performs better academically than Holland Elementary across most subject areas and grade levels, suggesting that factors beyond just racial diversity, such as socioeconomic status and school resources, may play a significant role in academic achievement.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 3340 Holland Rd
       Virginia Beach, VA  23452-4826


(757) 648-2640

District: Virginia Beach City Public Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
524th of 1,114 Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,985 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  11.1 Help
Number of students:  460

Racial breakdown:

African American:
39.6%
White:
23.9%
Hispanic:
18.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  95.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Holland Elementary ranks better than 53% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks 34th among 53 ranked elementary schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.06. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a 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 Holland Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Holland Elementary is $13,985, which is the 17th highest among 53 elementary schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Holland Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Holland Elementary 524th of 1114 Virginia public elementary schools. (See Holland Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Virginia Beach City Public Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Virginia Beach City Public Schools 27th of 130 Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Holland Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2005 20.34 958th 1062 9.8%
2006 13.63 1029th 1071 3.9%
2007 20.43 989th 1083 8.7%
2008 14.42 1041st 1081 3.7%
2009 34.46 868th 1082 19.8%
2010 46.69 705th 1113 36.7%
2011 61.76 416th 1117 62.8%
2012 40.81 769th 1117 31.2%
2013 40.14 762nd 1120 32.0%
2014 54.07 540th 1110 51.4%
2015 63.18 416th 1100 62.2%
2016 71.87 279th 1096 74.5%
2017 75.81 207th 1099 81.2%
2018 73.04 260th 1097 76.3%
2019 80.22 162nd 1105 85.3%
2021 56.93 510th 1103 53.8%
2022 72.17 312th 1109 71.9%
2023 59.07 493rd 1114 55.7%
2024 57.06 524th 1114 53.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 71.02 68th 245 72.2%
2024 70.03 70th 247 71.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 69.27 268th 1036 74.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 61.23 437th 1100 60.3%
2024 62.64 435th 1098 60.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 27.36 153rd 182 15.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.33 543rd 1093 50.3%
2024 48.37 619th 1101 43.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 62.48 211th 579 63.6%
2024 49.11 327th 588 44.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 55.89 274th 564 51.4%
2024 71.50 155th 580 73.3%
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Rank History for White students at Holland Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools VA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 42.53 634th 984 35.6%
2024 50.41 551st 979 43.7%
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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, December 16, 2016

Open Quote This is a great school with great teachers and the best administration anyone could ask for! I was really concerned about my kids going here after seeing their test scores and reading reviews on greatschools.com. Maybe the school used to be bad, but that is not the case. My kids have been going there for 2 years and they love it. They love their teachers and they love being Huskies! The teachers are truly passionate about their work and they care about all the children and want to see them succeed. I have had to have many parent teacher conferences over the two years trying to find ways for my kids to be successful and implementing different tactics that we have come up with together. The administrative staff, the nurse, the lunch ladies, and Mr. Burke make every kid at Holland feel special and that is more than I could have ever asked for. I would not go to any other school in Virginia Beach even if I had the choice. =) Close Quote


by a citizen
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Open Quote When I was in second grade at this school, I would constantly get bullied. I know you might think it's not a big deal because it's elementary, but my family had to move to a different district because of it. I would always get jumped in the bathroom, hit on the bus, and taunted in class. No body would do anything because they were too scared of the kids families. The kid on the bus was the bus drivers SON, and I would always ask her to check the security tapes, but she refused every time. I feel racism played a part in this. I would go to the office to report this but they would tell me to go back to class... not even the police would do anything, except threaten my mom with jail if she kept me out of school any longer. Long story short, it's terrible to handle with bullying. If you're looking into schools, I would recommend Grassfield Elementary in Chesapeake. There's too many good aspects about that school to explain here. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Holland Elementary

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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 948 948
1990 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 978 978
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 937 937
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 961 961
1993 579 206 30 27 0 n/a n/a 0 842
1994 524 229 21 25 0 n/a n/a 0 799
1995 545 281 28 24 1 n/a n/a 0 879
1996 545 281 28 24 1 n/a n/a 0 879
1997 525 289 29 24 1 n/a n/a 0 868
1998 435 282 23 23 3 n/a n/a 0 766
1999 381 318 30 30 1 n/a n/a 0 760
2000 378 357 26 38 3 n/a n/a -4 798
2001 361 378 29 38 5 n/a n/a 0 811
2002 251 395 32 53 3 n/a n/a 0 734
2003 251 395 32 53 3 n/a n/a 0 734
2004 199 377 34 46 4 n/a n/a 11 671
2005 204 362 31 48 3 n/a n/a 14 662
2006 172 311 28 45 1 n/a n/a 28 585
2007 159 296 27 48 1 n/a n/a 31 562
2008 159 349 24 73 2 n/a n/a 22 629
2009 144 338 29 85 3 n/a n/a 19 618
2010 130 322 38 75 3 n/a n/a 16 584
2011 130 318 29 72 8 13 15 0 585
2012 137 285 41 87 4 10 40 0 604
2013 134 275 46 97 3 11 36 0 602
2014 131 276 36 114 2 6 47 0 612
2015 117 262 42 107 1 3 45 0 577
2016 107 239 49 111 1 4 53 0 564
2017 106 256 44 89 1 3 65 0 564
2018 139 267 40 98 1 3 72 0 620
2019 141 249 35 90 0 1 76 0 592
2020 143 248 27 83 0 0 87 0 588
2021 139 208 26 78 1 0 85 0 537
2022 117 175 26 71 1 2 67 0 459
2023 110 182 23 83 0 2 60 0 460

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 Holland Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 948 46.4 20.4 n/a
1990 978 49.5 19.7 n/a
1991 937 49.7 18.8 n/a
1992 961 50.6 18.9 n/a
1993 842 48.1 17.5 n/a
1994 799 42.6 n/a 32
1995 879 n/a 0.0 37.3
1996 879 n/a 0.0 37.3
1997 868 n/a 0.0 35.6
1998 766 n/a 0.0 43
1999 760 51.5 14.8 55.8
2000 798 n/a 0.0 56.9
2001 811 60.5 13.4 66.3
2002 734 44.5 16.5 72.3
2003 734 44.5 16.5 72.3
2004 671 55.5 12.1 76.7
2005 662 55.5 11.9 75.6
2006 585 55.0 10.6 72
2007 562 54.2 10.4 80.2
2008 629 39.5 15.9 69.7
2009 618 43.2 14.3 70.5
2010 584 41.6 14.0 67.8
2011 585 40.1 14.5 68
2012 604 33.1 18.2 78.1
2013 602 31.1 19.3 67.6
2014 612 34.6 17.6 72.9
2015 577 36.0 16.0 74.7
2016 564 34.0 16.5 73.6
2017 564 35.1 16.0 73.9
2018 620 39.5 15.6 79.7
2019 592 41.8 14.1 85.5
2020 588 39.6 14.8 83.8
2021 537 38.2 14.0 n/a
2022 459 35.0 13.1 99.3
2023 460 41.2 11.1 95.2

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 Holland Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 948 46.4 20.4 n/a
1990 978 49.5 19.7 n/a
1991 937 49.7 18.8 n/a
1992 961 50.6 18.9 n/a
1993 842 48.1 17.5 n/a
1994 799 42.6 n/a 32
1995 879 n/a 0.0 37.3
1996 879 n/a 0.0 37.3
1997 868 n/a 0.0 35.6
1998 766 n/a 0.0 43
1999 760 51.5 14.8 55.8
2000 798 n/a 0.0 56.9
2001 811 60.5 13.4 66.3
2002 734 44.5 16.5 72.3
2003 734 44.5 16.5 72.3
2004 671 55.5 12.1 76.7
2005 662 55.5 11.9 75.6
2006 585 55.0 10.6 72
2007 562 54.2 10.4 80.2
2008 629 39.5 15.9 69.7
2009 618 43.2 14.3 70.5
2010 584 41.6 14.0 67.8
2011 585 40.1 14.5 68
2012 604 33.1 18.2 78.1
2013 602 31.1 19.3 67.6
2014 612 34.6 17.6 72.9
2015 577 36.0 16.0 74.7
2016 564 34.0 16.5 73.6
2017 564 35.1 16.0 73.9
2018 620 39.5 15.6 79.7
2019 592 41.8 14.1 85.5
2020 588 39.6 14.8 83.8
2021 537 38.2 14.0 n/a
2022 459 35.0 13.1 99.3
2023 460 41.2 11.1 95.2

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 Holland Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,471 (18.9%) $10,612 (81.1%) $13,083
2020 $2,045 (15.3%) $11,292 (84.7%) $13,338
2021 $2,215 (15.8%) $11,769 (84.2%) $13,985

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Holland Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 162nd of 1105 Elementary schoolsRanks 493rd of 1114 Elementary schools
 29.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Holland Elementary)9387.1
 5.9%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8976.2
 12.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8269.1
 12.9%
3rd Grade English Reading (Holland Elementary)8177.1
 3.9%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)7975.5
 3.6%
   3rd Grade English Reading (Virginia)7166.1
 4.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Holland Elementary)9872
 26.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)9074.7
 15.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8369.7
 13.3%
4th Grade English Reading (Holland Elementary)9276.5
 15.5%
   4th Grade English Reading (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8581.4
 3.6%
   4th Grade English Reading (Virginia)7572.7
 2.3%
5th Grade Mathematics (Holland Elementary)9972.8
 26.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8975.2
 13.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Virginia)8167
 14%
5th Grade Science (Holland Elementary)8164.2
 16.8%
   5th Grade Science (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8370.3
 12.7%
   5th Grade Science (Virginia)7966
 13%
5th Grade English Reading (Holland Elementary)8671.3
 14.8%
   5th Grade English Reading (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)8880.2
 7.8%
   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 Students592460
 22.3%
African American249182
 26.9%
American Indian00
Asian3523
 34.3%
Hispanic9083
 7.8%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White141110
 22%
Two or More Races7660
 21.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients85.5%95.2%
 9.7%


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Students at Holland Elementary are 40% African American, 24% White, 18% Hispanic, 13% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 460 students attended Holland Elementary.

Holland Elementary ranks 524th of 1114 Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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