James Monroe Elementary, 520 W. 29th St.: grades pre-K to 5, 276 students in fall 2025, state score 80.81 (Meets Expectations). Office: 757-628-3500.
Last checked Oct. 20, 2026. Sources: James Monroe Elementary, 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.
James Monroe Elementary School serves pre-K through fifth grade at 520 W. 29th St. for Norfolk Public Schools (NPS). It had 276 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.
Who to call
- Front office: 757-628-3500
- Registering a new student: the school office, or the division’s student registration page
- Which school is my address zoned for? the division’s Find My School map
- Buses: transportation field supervisor Alex Richardson, 757-892-3320, ext. 120
- Division main line: 757-628-3830
| Address | 520 W. 29th St., Norfolk, VA 23508 |
| Phone | 757-628-3500 |
| 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 | jmes.npsk12.com |
| Division | Norfolk Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Jade Fleming, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 276 students in fall 2025, compared with 299 in fall 2024 and 262 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: 262 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about nine 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: 80.81, performance level Meets 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 | 62% | 58% | 51% |
| Math | 63% | 56% | 59% |
| Science | 57% | 41% | 50% |
| History and social science | 63% | 35% | 46% |
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 James Monroe Elementary zone lies inside the Blair Middle zone.
Its addresses are zoned for Maury High (75%) and Granby High (25%) at the high school level. Families on a zone edge should check their own address.
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.
More on Norfolk schools
- The school’s website and its state School Quality Profile
- Every public school in Norfolk
- Our Norfolk schools guide for the full calendar, registration and School Board meetings
- Our neighborhoods guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does James Monroe Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. It is part of Norfolk Public Schools and had 276 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.
How is James Monroe Elementary rated by the state?
On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 80.81 and is rated Meets Expectations, and it is fully accredited for 2025-26, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.
What time does James Monroe Elementary 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 James Monroe Elementary feed into?
On the division’s 2026-27 boundary maps, its zone falls within the zone of Blair Middle for middle school and Maury High and Granby High for high school. Check a specific address with Find My School.
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