Virginia Beach City Public Schools is the branch of the government of the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 responsible for public K-12 education. Like all public school systems in the state, it is legally classified as a school division

School division

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 instead of a school district

School district

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. Although Virginia school divisions perform the functions of school districts in other U.S. state

U.S. state

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s, they have no independent taxing authority, instead relying on appropriations from their local governments.

The school system is the second largest in Virginia, and among the 50 largest school systems in the United States (based on student enrollment). All of the division's 80+ schools are fully accredited in the Virginia Standards of Learning

Standards of Learning

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 (SOL).

Virginia Beach City Public Schools currently serves approximately 70,000 students, and includes nearly 90 schools.

The division has a fleet of nearly 800 school bus

School bus

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es, which is serviced by two bus garage

Bus garage

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s and is the second largest employer in the city, following Naval Air Station Oceana

Naval Air Station Oceana

Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana is a military airport located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is a United States Navy Master Jet Base. It is also known as Apollo Soucek Field, named after Lieutenant Apollo Soucek, a Navy Test Pilot who set the global altitude record in 1930 by flying a...

.

Elementary Schools

• Alanton Elementary School
• Arrowhead Elementary School
• Bayside Elementary School
• Bettie F. Williams Elementary School
• Birdneck Elementary
• Brookwood Elementary School
• Centerville Elementary School
• Christopher Farms Elementary School
• College Park Elementary School
• Corporate Landing Elementary School
• Creeds Elementary School
• Diamond Springs Elementary School
• Fairfield Elementary School
• Glenwood Elementary
• Green Run Elementary School
• Hermitage Elementary School
• Holland Elementary School
• Indian Lakes Elementary School
• John B. Dey Elementary School
• Kempsville Elementary School
• Kempsville Meadows Elementary School
• King's Grant Elementary School
• Kingston Elementary School
• Landstown Elementary School
• Linkhorn Park Elementary School
• Luxford Elementary School
• Lynnhaven Elementary School
• Malibu Elementary School
• New Castle Elementary School
• Newtown Elementary School
• North Landing Elementary School
• Ocean Lakes Elementary School
• Old Donation Center (for students identified as Gifted)
• Parkway Elementary School
• Pembroke Elementary School
• Pembroke Meadows Elementary School
• Point O View Elementary School
• Princess Anne Elementary School
• Providence Elementary School
• Red Mill Elementary School
• Rosemont Elementary School
• Rosemont Forest Elementary School
• Salem Elementary School
• Seatack Elementary School
• Shelton Park Elementary School
• Strawbridge Elementary School
• Tallwood Elementary School
• Thalia Elementary School
• Throughgood Elementary School
• Trantwood Elementary School
• Three Oaks Elementary School
• White Oaks Elementary School
• Windsor Oaks Elementary School
• Windsor Woods Elementary School
• Woodstock Elementary School
• W. T. Cooke Elementary School

Middle Schools

• Bayside Middle School
• Brandon Middle School
• CEL (Center for Effective Learning)
• Corporate Landing Middle School
• Great Neck Middle School
• Independence Middle School
• Kemps Landing Magnet School
• Kempsville Middle School
• Landstown Middle School
• Larkspur Middle School
• Lynnhaven Middle School
• Plaza Middle School
  Plaza Middle School
  Plaza Middle School is a middle school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The school was first established as Plaza Junior High in 1969 and has not since been significantly renovated....
  
  
• Princess Anne Middle School
• Renaissance Academy Middle
• Salem Middle School
• Virginia Beach Middle School

High Schools

• Bayside High School
  Bayside High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
  Bayside High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.The school's remarkable feature is the Health Sciences Academy; one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout the city interested in a health sciences education can apply...
  
  
• First Colonial High School
  First Colonial High School
  First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. First Colonial opened in 1966 by splitting students out of the former Virginia Beach High School. Virginia Beach High then became Virginia Beach Middle School. James C. Mounie was the first principal of the new high school...
  
  
• Floyd E. Kellam High School
  Floyd E. Kellam High School
  Floyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Located in the city's southern section, in Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the...
  
  
• Frank W. Cox High School
  Frank W. Cox High School
  Frank W. Cox High School is a secondary school located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who...
  
  
• Green Run High School
  Green Run High School
  Green Run High School, home of the Green Run Stallions, is a public secondary school located at 1700 Dahlia Drive of the "Green Run" area of suburban Virginia Beach, Virginia...
  
  
• Kempsville High School
  Kempsville High School
  Kempsville High School is one of eleven public high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system. It is a comprehensive high school teaching grades 9-12. Located in the western section of the city, the Kempsville HS school district covers approximately 12 sq. miles, and draws students...
  
  
• Landstown High School
  Landstown High School
  Landstown High School and Technology Academy is a public secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia which first opened in 2001.The school features a Technology Academy, one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach...
  
  
• Ocean Lakes High School
  Ocean Lakes High School
  Ocean Lakes High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia and is located in the city's southeastern section.-Math and Science Academy:...
  
  
• Princess Anne High School
  Princess Anne High School
  Princess Anne High School is one of 11 high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public School System. Opened in 1954, it is the oldest remaining high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States...
  
  
• Renaissance Academy
• Salem High School
  Salem High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
  Salem High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.The school recently added a Visual and Performing Arts Academy; one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach...
  
  
• Tallwood High School
  Tallwood High School
  Tallwood High School is a secondary school located in southwest Virginia Beach, Virginia. Tallwood was built on the site of an old colonial plantation whose manor house was Tallwood, hence the name of the school...