Chesterfield Academy, 2915 Westminster Ave.: grades pre-K to 5, 316 students in fall 2025, state score 75.5. Office: 757-628-2544.

Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: Chesterfield Academy, Norfolk Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps.

Chesterfield Academy serves pre-K through fifth grade at 2915 Westminster Ave. for Norfolk Public Schools (NPS). It had 316 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows. The state lists it as Chesterfield Elementary.

Who to call
Address 2915 Westminster Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504
Phone 757-628-2544
Grades Pre-K to 5
Student hours 9:30 a.m. to 3:55 p.m.
Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Website ches.npsk12.com
Division Norfolk Public Schools

Principal

Principal Dara Gill-Williams, according to the school’s website. The site also lists Sabrina Ford as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 316 students in fall 2025, compared with 325 in fall 2024 and 302 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. The state’s count starts at kindergarten, so pre-K students are not included.
  • Federal count: 302 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 10 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation shows whether a school meets the state’s Standards of Accreditation; a fully accredited school “submitted all required evidence to the Department of Education as prescribed in the Standards of Accreditation,” the profile says. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support.

  • Accreditation: Fully Accredited for 2025-26.
  • Framework score: 75.5, performance level Approaching Expectations, in the state’s division summary.

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Reading 41% 42% 37%
Math 30% 35% 37%
Science 42% 52% 32%
History and social science 23% 28% 33%

The full profile also reports attendance, student groups, teacher data and spending.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Look up any address in the division’s Find My School map, or see the 2026-27 boundaries in its Redistricting Locator. Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines, so check the address, not the area.

Middle and high school: we laid the division’s 2026-27 elementary, middle and high school boundary layers over the city’s 78,561 address points. All of the Chesterfield Academy zone lies inside the Ruffner School zone.

Its addresses are zoned for Lake Taylor High (72%) and Booker T. Washington High (28%) at the high school level. Families on a zone edge should check their own address.

Under Phase III of the consolidation plan (2028-29), Chesterfield Elementary is listed to be repurposed, with the SECEP program moving into the building, the division’s timeline says. Our schools guide follows the consolidation plan.

Calendar and bell times

From the division’s 2026-27 academic calendar (PDF):

  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: teacher workday, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday, schools closed
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, schools closed
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, June 4, 2027: last day of school, early release

Students attend from 9:30 a.m. to 3:55 p.m. and the office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page. On a two-hour delay, school starts at 11:30 a.m.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Chesterfield Academy serve?

Pre-K through fifth grade. It is part of Norfolk Public Schools and had 316 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.

How is Chesterfield Academy rated by the state?

On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 75.5 and is rated Approaching Expectations, and it is fully accredited for 2025-26, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.

What time does Chesterfield Academy start?

Students attend from 9:30 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page. A two-hour delay moves the start to 11:30 a.m.

Which middle and high schools does Chesterfield Academy feed into?

On the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps, its zone falls within the zone of Ruffner School for middle school and Lake Taylor High and Booker T. Washington High for high school. Check a specific address with Find My School.